Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1571 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2009-11-10
Updated:
2009-11-10

RHSA-2009:1571 - Security Advisory

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-2009-2409, CVE-2009-3728, CVE-2009-3873, CVE-2009-3876,
CVE-2009-3877, CVE-2009-3879, CVE-2009-3880, CVE-2009-3881, CVE-2009-3882,
CVE-2009-3883, CVE-2009-3884)

Note: This is the final update for the java-1.5.0-sun packages, as the Sun
Java SE Release family 5.0 has now reached End of Service Life. The next
update will remove the java-1.5.0-sun packages.

An alternative to Sun Java SE 5.0 is the Java 2 Technology Edition of the
IBM Developer Kit for Linux, which is available from the Extras and
Supplementary channels on the Red Hat Network. For users of applications
that are capable of using the Java 6 runtime, the OpenJDK open source JDK
is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (since 5.3) and is supported by
Red Hat.

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 5.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 5.4 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 Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 510197 - CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation (Kaminsky)
  • BZ - 530053 - CVE-2009-3873 OpenJDK JPEG Image Writer quantization problem (6862968)
  • BZ - 530061 - CVE-2009-3876 OpenJDK ASN.1/DER input stream parser denial of service (6864911) CVE-2009-3877
  • BZ - 530098 - CVE-2009-3728 OpenJDK ICC_Profile file existence detection information leak (6631533)
  • BZ - 530173 - CVE-2009-3881 OpenJDK resurrected classloaders can still have children (6636650)
  • BZ - 530175 - CVE-2009-3882 CVE-2009-3883 OpenJDK information leaks in mutable variables (6657026,6657138)
  • BZ - 530296 - CVE-2009-3880 OpenJDK UI logging information leakage(6664512)
  • BZ - 530297 - CVE-2009-3879 OpenJDK GraphicsConfiguration information leak(6822057)
  • BZ - 530300 - CVE-2009-3884 OpenJDK zoneinfo file existence information leak (6824265)

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.