RHSA-2011:0568 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated eclipse packages that fix one security issue, several bugs, and add
various enhancements are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

Description

The Eclipse software development environment provides a set of tools for
C/C++ and Java development.

A cross-site scripting (XSS) flaw was found in the Eclipse Help Contents
web application. An attacker could use this flaw to perform a cross-site
scripting attack against victims by tricking them into visiting a
specially-crafted Eclipse Help URL. (CVE-2010-4647)

The following Eclipse packages have been upgraded to the versions found in
the official upstream Eclipse Helios SR1 release, providing a number of
bug fixes and enhancements over the previous versions:

• eclipse to 3.6.1. (BZ#656329)
• eclipse-cdt to 7.0.1. (BZ#656333)
• eclipse-birt to 2.6.0. (BZ#656391)
• eclipse-emf to 2.6.0. (BZ#656344)
• eclipse-gef to 3.6.1. (BZ#656347)
• eclipse-mylyn to 3.4.2. (BZ#656337)
• eclipse-rse to 3.2. (BZ#656338)
• eclipse-dtp to 1.8.1. (BZ#656397)
• eclipse-changelog to 2.7.0. (BZ#669499)
• eclipse-valgrind to 0.6.1. (BZ#669460)
• eclipse-callgraph to 0.6.1. (BZ#669462)
• eclipse-oprofile to 0.6.1. (BZ#670228)
• eclipse-linuxprofilingframework to 0.6.1. (BZ#669461)

In addition, the following updates were made to the dependencies of the
Eclipse packages above:

• icu4j to 4.2.1. (BZ#656342)
• sat4j to 2.2.0. (BZ#661842)
• objectweb-asm to 3.2. (BZ#664019)
• jetty-eclipse to 6.1.24. (BZ#661845)

This update includes numerous upstream bug fixes and enhancements, such as:

• The Eclipse IDE and Java Development Tools (JDT):
• projects and folders can filter out resources in the workspace.
• new virtual folder and linked files support.
• the full set of UNIX file permissions is now supported.
• addition of the stop button to cancel long-running wizard tasks.
• Java editor now shows multiple quick-fixes via problem hover.
• new support for running JUnit version 4 tests.
• over 200 upstream bug fixes.
• The Eclipse C/C++ Development Tooling (CDT):
• new Codan framework has been added for static code analysis.
• refactoring improvements such as stored refactoring history.
• compile and build errors now highlighted in the build console.
• switch to the new DSF debugger framework.
• new template view support.
• over 600 upstream bug fixes.

This update also fixes the following bugs:

• Incorrect URIs for GNU Tools in the "Help Contents" window have been

fixed. (BZ#622713)

• The profiling of binaries did not work if an Eclipse project was not in

an Eclipse workspace. This update adds an automated test for external
project profiling, which corrects this issue. (BZ#622867)

• Running a C/C++ application in Eclipse successfully terminated, but

returned an I/O exception not related to the application itself in the
Error Log window. With this update, the exception is no longer returned.
(BZ#668890)

• The eclipse-mylyn package showed a "20100916-0100-e3x" qualifier. The

qualifier has been modified to "v20100902-0100-e3x" to match the upstream
version of eclipse-mylyn. (BZ#669819)

• Installing the eclipse-mylyn package failed and returned a "Resource

temporarily unavailable" error message due to a bug in the packaging. This
update fixes this bug and installation now works as expected. (BZ#673174)

• Building the eclipse-cdt package could fail due to an incorrect

interaction with the local file system. Interaction with the local file
system is now prevented and the build no longer fails. (BZ#678364)

• The libhover plug-in, provided by the eclipse-cdt package, used binary

data to search for hover topics. The data location was specified externally
as a URL which could cause an exception to occur on a system with no
Internet access. This update modifies the plug-in so that it pulls the
needed data from a local location. (BZ#679543)

Users of eclipse should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct
these issues and add these enhancements.

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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 622713 - Help Contents: Wrong URIs to GNU Tools
• BZ - 622867 - Profiling of binaries does not work if Eclipse project is NOT in Eclipse workspace
• BZ - 656329 - [eclipse] Re-base to Helios SR1
• BZ - 656333 - [eclipse-cdt] Re-base to Helios SR1(7.0.1)
• BZ - 656337 - [eclipse-mylyn] Re-base to Helios SR1(3.4.0)
• BZ - 656338 - [eclipse-rse] Re-base to Helios SR1(3.2.0)
• BZ - 656342 - Re-base icu4j to 4.2.1
• BZ - 656344 - [eclipse-emf] Re-base to Helios SR1(2.6.0)
• BZ - 656347 - [eclipse-gef] Re-base to Helios SR1(3.6.0)
• BZ - 656391 - Re-base eclipse-birt to Helios SR1(2.6.0)
• BZ - 656397 - [eclipse-dtp] Re-base to Helios SR1(1.8.0)
• BZ - 661842 - Re-base to sat4j 2.2.0
• BZ - 661845 - Re-base to jetty-eclipse 6.1.24
• BZ - 661901 - CVE-2010-4647 eclipse: Help Content web application vulnerable to multiple XSS
• BZ - 664019 - Re-base to objectweb-asm 3.2
• BZ - 668890 - Debug core logs spawner IO exception when running C/C++ executable
• BZ - 669460 - [eclipse-valgrind] Update to work with updated eclipse-birt
• BZ - 669461 - [eclipse-linuxprofilingframework] new version to allow updated eclipse-valgrind
• BZ - 669462 - [eclipse-callgraph] Updates to callgraph to work with newer GEF
• BZ - 669499 - [eclipse-changelog] Update eclipse-changelog plug-in
• BZ - 669819 - Update eclipse-mylyn qualifier to 20100916-0100-e3x
• BZ - 670228 - [eclipse-oprofile] Re-base to upstream 0.6.1 release
• BZ - 673174 - error: unpacking of archive failed: cpio: lstat failed - Resource temporarily unavailable
• BZ - 678364 - eclipse-cdt build touching local filesystem

CVEs

• CVE-2010-4647

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low