RHSA-2009:0016 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red
Hat Security Response Team.

Description

The IBM 1.5.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and
the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. These are
summarized in the "Security Alerts" from IBM.

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR9 Java release.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.2 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4ES i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 4AS i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 4 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 4 s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 5.2 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4AS s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 4AS s390
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 4 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 5.2 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 4AS ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 472201 - CVE-2008-5350 OpenJDK allows to list files within the user home directory (6484091)
• BZ - 472206 - CVE-2008-5349 OpenJDK RSA public key length denial-of-service (6497740)
• BZ - 472209 - CVE-2008-5348 OpenJDK Denial-Of-Service in kerberos authentication (6588160)
• BZ - 472211 - CVE-2008-5360 OpenJDK temporary files have guessable file names (6721753)
• BZ - 472212 - CVE-2008-5359 OpenJDK Buffer overflow in image processing (6726779)
• BZ - 472213 - CVE-2008-5351 OpenJDK UTF-8 decoder accepts non-shortest form sequences (4486841)
• BZ - 472218 - CVE-2008-5356 OpenJDK Font processing vulnerability (6733336)
• BZ - 472224 - CVE-2008-5353 OpenJDK calendar object deserialization allows privilege escalation (6734167)
• BZ - 472228 - CVE-2008-5354 OpenJDK Privilege escalation in command line applications (6733959)
• BZ - 472231 - CVE-2008-5357 OpenJDK Truetype Font processing vulnerability (6751322)
• BZ - 472233 - CVE-2008-5352 OpenJDK Jar200 Decompression buffer overflow (6755943)
• BZ - 474556 - CVE-2008-2086 Java Web Start File Inclusion via System Properties Override
• BZ - 474772 - CVE-2008-5339 JavaWebStart allows unauthorized network connections
• BZ - 474773 - CVE-2008-5340 Java WebStart privilege escalation
• BZ - 474786 - CVE-2008-5341 Java Web Start exposes username and the pathname of the JWS cache
• BZ - 474789 - CVE-2008-5342 Java Web Start BasicService displays local files in the browser
• BZ - 474790 - CVE-2008-5343 Java WebStart allows hidden code privilege escalation
• BZ - 474792 - CVE-2008-5344 Java WebStart unprivileged local file and network access
• BZ - 474793 - CVE-2008-5345 JRE allows unauthorized file access and connections to localhost
• BZ - 474794 - CVE-2008-5346 JRE allows unauthorized memory read access via a crafted ZIP file

CVEs

• CVE-2008-2086
• CVE-2008-5339
• CVE-2008-5340
• CVE-2008-5341
• CVE-2008-5342
• CVE-2008-5343
• CVE-2008-5344
• CVE-2008-5345
• CVE-2008-5346
• CVE-2008-5348
• CVE-2008-5349
• CVE-2008-5350
• CVE-2008-5351
• CVE-2008-5352
• CVE-2008-5353
• CVE-2008-5354
• CVE-2008-5356
• CVE-2008-5357
• CVE-2008-5359
• CVE-2008-5360

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/