Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2012:0734 - Security Advisory
Issued:
2012-06-13
Updated:
2012-06-13

RHSA-2012:0734 - 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 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-2012-0551,
CVE-2012-1711, CVE-2012-1713, CVE-2012-1716, CVE-2012-1717, CVE-2012-1718,
CVE-2012-1719, CVE-2012-1721, CVE-2012-1722, CVE-2012-1723, CVE-2012-1724,
CVE-2012-1725)

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which provide JDK and JRE 6 Update 33 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support 6.2 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 Desktop 6 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 6 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 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 - AUS 6.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.2 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 829354 - CVE-2012-1711 OpenJDK: improper protection of CORBA data models (CORBA, 7079902)
  • BZ - 829358 - CVE-2012-1717 OpenJDK: insecure temporary file permissions (JRE, 7143606)
  • BZ - 829360 - CVE-2012-1716 OpenJDK: SynthLookAndFeel application context bypass (Swing, 7143614)
  • BZ - 829361 - CVE-2012-1713 OpenJDK: fontmanager layout lookup code memory corruption (2D, 7143617)
  • BZ - 829371 - CVE-2012-1719 OpenJDK: mutable repository identifiers in generated stub code (CORBA, 7143851)
  • BZ - 829372 - CVE-2012-1718 OpenJDK: CRL and certificate extensions handling improvements (Security, 7143872)
  • BZ - 829373 - CVE-2012-1723 OpenJDK: insufficient field accessibility checks (HotSpot, 7152811)
  • BZ - 829374 - CVE-2012-1724 OpenJDK: XML parsing infinite loop (JAXP, 7157609)
  • BZ - 829376 - CVE-2012-1725 OpenJDK: insufficient invokespecial <init> verification (HotSpot, 7160757)
  • BZ - 831353 - CVE-2012-1721 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u33 and 7u5 (Deployment)
  • BZ - 831354 - CVE-2012-1722 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u33 and 7u5 (Deployment)
  • BZ - 831355 - CVE-2012-0551 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u33 and 7u5 (Deployment)

The Red Hat security contact is secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.