Issued:
2010-06-17
Updated:
2010-06-17

RHSA-2010:0489 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

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.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having critical
security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores,
which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability
from the CVE links in the References section.

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. Detailed
vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM "Security alerts" page,
listed in the References section. (CVE-2010-0840, CVE-2010-0841,
CVE-2010-0842, CVE-2010-0843, CVE-2010-0844, CVE-2010-0846, CVE-2010-0847,
CVE-2010-0848, CVE-2010-0849)

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR11-FP2 Java release. All running
instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

Solution

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

This update is available via the 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 Server - Extended Update Support 5.4 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 5.4 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4ES x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4ES i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 4AS x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - 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 5.4 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 5.4 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 - 575846 - CVE-2010-0840 OpenJDK Applet Trusted Methods Chaining Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (6904691)
  • BZ - 575854 - CVE-2010-0841 OpenJDK JPEGImageReader stepX Integer Overflow Vulnerability (6909597)
  • BZ - 575865 - CVE-2010-0848 OpenJDK AWT Library Invalid Index Vulnerability (6914823)
  • BZ - 575871 - CVE-2010-0847 OpenJDK ImagingLib arbitrary code execution vulnerability (6914866)
  • BZ - 578430 - CVE-2010-0846 JDK unspecified vulnerability in ImageIO component
  • BZ - 578432 - CVE-2010-0849 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Java2D component
  • BZ - 578436 - CVE-2010-0839 CVE-2010-0842 CVE-2010-0843 CVE-2010-0844 JDK multiple unspecified vulnerabilities

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
ppc
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3a5c40027bc5f5692ba2fd3644832f2c5d0ea59ea8fd630c96cd5cd264a68067
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: cd11fe92f239f94839aeea72db16e350f4e30c8185ac12dfd7f2cabfb217eeb7
java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a461903aba55e9368d8619fde23f37dff205d3c25ac4913ff01daabf0f052b4d
java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a9d828662b915e6ee3cc963c6ad4d9a40a535bdf43ab500c55a80e46a5dad380
java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 279d4af3f9ce3eb72d5b8c6fe42f4b675984828ff76041c5959a3218f340645a
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 321c83a4ce4319e89c168860fa5214f51321c6c8e8547ff462ca0828cc36d7d6
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 052d810061558564eb711c88db05d7428abac8d54ea283c1835a3f0a73507b23
java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b58952e18cb2929be62756a6574cc3352cd168767d4bbb6b414bdd8a11df7d38
java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 378a7cbf30b89c5dcc6b436b19e94ea4dd5d5a78ad1a4ad54efa2505e91ffb43
java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 3e9d0a59774ccb1089010bb6204ada02304394c2c70e52bb595a736966b00159
java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: a56c2eadce004cbae51b143d9ae1383c53f18ce21f540b901924dac5d122f84d
java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm SHA-256: cd963d473e3e31648e7a889fc0da62bc56ed8ce4030d24525606e3a644077e83
java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.11.2-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 78e8da16a9ff20e3d40409d5ea22d5f742b52e641336051ceddd89ca90f0a58b

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