Synopsis

Critical: java-1.5.0-sun security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.5.0-sun packages that correct 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 Sun 1.5.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 5 Runtime Environment and
the Sun Java 5 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 5 Runtime
Environment and the Sun Java 5 Software Development Kit. These
vulnerabilities are summarized on the "Advance notification of Security
Updates for Java SE" page from Sun Microsystems, listed in the References
section. (CVE-2009-2475, CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-2670, CVE-2009-2671,
CVE-2009-2672, CVE-2009-2673, CVE-2009-2675, CVE-2009-2676, CVE-2009-2689)

Users of java-1.5.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which
correct these issues. All running instances of Sun 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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 512896 - CVE-2009-2670 OpenJDK Untrusted applet System properties access (6738524)
• BZ - 512907 - CVE-2009-2671 CVE-2009-2672 OpenJDK Proxy mechanism information leaks (6801071)
• BZ - 512914 - CVE-2009-2673 OpenJDK proxy mechanism allows non-authorized socket connections (6801497)
• BZ - 512920 - CVE-2009-2675 Java Web Start Buffer unpack200 processing integer overflow (6830335)
• BZ - 512921 - CVE-2009-2625 OpenJDK XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701)
• BZ - 513215 - CVE-2009-2475 OpenJDK information leaks in mutable variables (6588003,6656586,6656610,6656625,6657133,6657619,6657625,6657695,6660049,6660539,6813167)
• BZ - 513222 - CVE-2009-2689 OpenJDK JDK13Services grants unnecessary privileges (6777448)
• BZ - 515890 - CVE-2009-2676 JRE applet launcher vulnerability

CVEs

• CVE-2009-2625
• CVE-2009-2475
• CVE-2009-2676
• CVE-2009-2675
• CVE-2009-2689
• CVE-2009-2673
• CVE-2009-2672
• CVE-2009-2671
• CVE-2009-2670
• CVE-2009-2720
• CVE-2009-2721
• CVE-2009-2722
• CVE-2009-2723
• CVE-2009-2724

References