RHSA-2010:0807 - 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.

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-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3541,
CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3550, CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3556,
CVE-2010-3559, CVE-2010-3562, CVE-2010-3565, CVE-2010-3566, CVE-2010-3568,
CVE-2010-3569, CVE-2010-3572, CVE-2010-3573, CVE-2010-3574)

The RHSA-2010:0130 update mitigated a man-in-the-middle attack in the way
the TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer) protocols
handle session renegotiation by disabling renegotiation. This update
implements the TLS Renegotiation Indication Extension as defined in RFC
5746, allowing secure renegotiation between updated clients and servers.
(CVE-2009-3555)

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR12-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 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 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 4AS ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 533125 - CVE-2009-3555 TLS: MITM attacks via session renegotiation
• BZ - 582466 - CVE-2010-1321 krb5: null pointer dereference in GSS-API library leads to DoS (MITKRB5-SA-2010-005)
• BZ - 639876 - CVE-2010-3568 OpenJDK Deserialization Race condition (6559775)
• BZ - 639897 - CVE-2010-3562 OpenJDK IndexColorModel double-free (6925710)
• BZ - 639909 - CVE-2010-3548 OpenJDK DNS server IP address information leak (6957564)
• BZ - 639920 - CVE-2010-3565 OpenJDK JPEG writeImage remote code execution (6963023)
• BZ - 639922 - CVE-2010-3566 OpenJDK ICC Profile remote code execution (6963489)
• BZ - 639925 - CVE-2010-3569 OpenJDK Serialization inconsistencies (6966692)
• BZ - 642180 - CVE-2010-3549 OpenJDK HttpURLConnection request splitting (6952017)
• BZ - 642187 - CVE-2010-3551 OpenJDK local network address disclosure (6952603)
• BZ - 642202 - CVE-2010-3541 CVE-2010-3573 OpenJDK HttpURLConnection allows arbitrary request headers (6961084,6980004)
• BZ - 642215 - CVE-2010-3574 OpenJDK HttpURLConnection incomplete TRACE permission check (6981426)
• BZ - 642559 - CVE-2010-3550 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start component
• BZ - 642576 - CVE-2010-3556 JDK unspecified vulnerability in 2D component
• BZ - 642606 - CVE-2010-3559 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component
• BZ - 642611 - CVE-2010-3572 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component

CVEs

• CVE-2009-3555
• CVE-2010-1321
• CVE-2010-3565
• CVE-2010-3574
• CVE-2010-3562
• CVE-2010-3541
• CVE-2010-3568
• CVE-2010-3569
• CVE-2010-3551
• CVE-2010-3548
• CVE-2010-3549
• CVE-2010-3573
• CVE-2010-3559
• CVE-2010-3550
• CVE-2010-3556
• CVE-2010-3572
• CVE-2010-3566

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
• https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-20491