Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1384 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2011-10-19
Updated:
2011-10-19

RHSA-2011:1384 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.6.0-sun security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 and 6 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 Sun 1.6.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 6 Runtime Environment and
the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 6 Runtime
Environment and the Sun Java 6 Software Development Kit. Further
information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical
Patch page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2011-3389,
CVE-2011-3516, CVE-2011-3521, CVE-2011-3544, CVE-2011-3545, CVE-2011-3546,
CVE-2011-3547, CVE-2011-3548, CVE-2011-3549, CVE-2011-3550, CVE-2011-3551,
CVE-2011-3552, CVE-2011-3553, CVE-2011-3554, CVE-2011-3555, CVE-2011-3556,
CVE-2011-3557, CVE-2011-3558, CVE-2011-3560, CVE-2011-3561)

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide JDK and JRE 6 Update 29 and resolve these issues.
All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted for the 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 Server 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6 i386
  • 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 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.1 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 6 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 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 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 Scientific Computing 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.1 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 737506 - CVE-2011-3389 HTTPS: block-wise chosen-plaintext attack against SSL/TLS (BEAST)
  • BZ - 745379 - CVE-2011-3560 OpenJDK: missing checkSetFactory calls in HttpsURLConnection (JSSE, 7096936)
  • BZ - 745387 - CVE-2011-3547 OpenJDK: InputStream skip() information leak (Networking/IO, 7000600)
  • BZ - 745391 - CVE-2011-3551 OpenJDK: Java2D TransformHelper integer overflow (2D, 7023640)
  • BZ - 745397 - CVE-2011-3552 OpenJDK: excessive default UDP socket limit under SecurityManager (Networking, 7032417)
  • BZ - 745399 - CVE-2011-3544 OpenJDK: missing SecurityManager checks in scripting engine (Scripting, 7046823)
  • BZ - 745442 - CVE-2011-3521 OpenJDK: IIOP deserialization code execution (Deserialization, 7055902)
  • BZ - 745447 - CVE-2011-3554 OpenJDK: insufficient pack200 JAR files uncompress error checks (Runtime, 7057857)
  • BZ - 745459 - CVE-2011-3556 OpenJDK: RMI DGC server remote code execution (RMI, 7077466)
  • BZ - 745464 - CVE-2011-3557 OpenJDK: RMI registry privileged code execution (RMI, 7083012)
  • BZ - 745473 - CVE-2011-3548 OpenJDK: mutable static AWTKeyStroke.ctor (AWT, 7019773)
  • BZ - 745476 - CVE-2011-3553 OpenJDK: JAX-WS stack-traces information leak (JAX-WS, 7046794)
  • BZ - 745492 - CVE-2011-3558 OpenJDK: Hotspot unspecified issue (Hotspot, 7070134)
  • BZ - 747191 - CVE-2011-3545 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Sound)
  • BZ - 747198 - CVE-2011-3549 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Swing)
  • BZ - 747200 - CVE-2011-3550 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (AWT)
  • BZ - 747203 - CVE-2011-3516 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Deployment)
  • BZ - 747205 - CVE-2011-3546 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Deployment)
  • BZ - 747206 - CVE-2011-3555 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (JRE)
  • BZ - 747208 - CVE-2011-3561 Oracle/IBM JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u29 (Deployment)

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