RHSA-2009:1198 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-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 1.6.0 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
vulnerabilities are summarized on the IBM "Security alerts" page listed in
the References section. (CVE-2009-1093, CVE-2009-1094, CVE-2009-1095,
CVE-2009-1096, CVE-2009-1097, CVE-2009-1098, CVE-2009-1099, CVE-2009-1100,
CVE-2009-1101, CVE-2009-1103, CVE-2009-1104, CVE-2009-1105, CVE-2009-1106,
CVE-2009-1107)

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM 1.6.0 SR5 Java release. All running instances
of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

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 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.3 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 Server - AUS 5.3 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS 5.3 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 5.3 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 5.3 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 - 490166 - CVE-2009-1101 OpenJDK JAX-WS service endpoint remote Denial-of-Service (6630639)
• BZ - 490167 - CVE-2009-1093 OpenJDK remote LDAP Denial-Of-Service (6717680)
• BZ - 490168 - CVE-2009-1094 OpenJDK LDAP client remote code execution (6737315)
• BZ - 490169 - CVE-2009-1095 CVE-2009-1096 OpenJDK Pack200 Buffer overflow vulnerability (6792554)
• BZ - 490174 - CVE-2009-1097 OpenJDK PNG processing buffer overflow vulnerability (6804996)
• BZ - 490178 - CVE-2009-1098 OpenJDK GIF processing buffer overflow vulnerability (6804998)
• BZ - 492302 - CVE-2009-1099 OpenJDK: Type1 font processing buffer overflow vulnerability
• BZ - 492305 - CVE-2009-1100 OpenJDK: DoS (disk consumption) via handling of temporary font files
• BZ - 492306 - CVE-2009-1103 OpenJDK: Files disclosure, arbitrary code execution via "deserializing applets" (6646860)
• BZ - 492308 - CVE-2009-1104 OpenJDK: Intended access restrictions bypass via LiveConnect (6724331)
• BZ - 492309 - CVE-2009-1105 OpenJDK: Possibility of trusted applet run in older, vulnerable version of JRE (6706490)
• BZ - 492310 - CVE-2009-1106 OpenJDK: Improper parsing of crossdomain.xml files (intended access restriction bypass) (6798948)
• BZ - 492312 - CVE-2009-1107 OpenJDK: Signed applet remote misuse possibility (6782871)

CVEs

• CVE-2009-1100
• CVE-2009-1093
• CVE-2009-1103
• CVE-2009-1096
• CVE-2009-1097
• CVE-2009-1094
• CVE-2009-1095
• CVE-2009-1098
• CVE-2009-1099
• CVE-2009-1101
• CVE-2009-1107
• CVE-2009-1104
• CVE-2009-1106
• CVE-2009-1105

References

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