RHSA-2011:0870 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm-sap packages that fix several security issues are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6 for SAP.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
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 1.4.2 SR13-FP9 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-2010-4447, CVE-2010-4448,
CVE-2010-4454, CVE-2010-4462, CVE-2010-4465, CVE-2010-4466, CVE-2010-4473,
CVE-2010-4475, CVE-2011-0311)

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm-sap for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6 for
SAP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain the IBM
1.4.2 SR13-FP9 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
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 4 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Support 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP Applications for x86_64 - Extended Life Cycle Support Extension 6 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 675984 - CVE-2010-4465 OpenJDK Swing timer-based security manager bypass (6907662)
• BZ - 676023 - CVE-2010-4448 OpenJDK DNS cache poisoning by untrusted applets (6981922)
• BZ - 677957 - CVE-2010-4475 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component
• BZ - 677958 - CVE-2010-4473 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component
• BZ - 677961 - CVE-2010-4466 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component
• BZ - 677966 - CVE-2010-4462 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component
• BZ - 677967 - CVE-2010-4454 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Sound component
• BZ - 677970 - CVE-2010-4447 JDK unspecified vulnerability in Deployment component
• BZ - 702349 - CVE-2011-0311 IBM JDK Class file parsing denial-of-service

CVEs

• CVE-2010-4448
• CVE-2010-4465
• CVE-2010-4475
• CVE-2010-4447
• CVE-2010-4462
• CVE-2010-4454
• CVE-2010-4473
• CVE-2010-4466

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/