RHSA-2012:1332 - Security Advisory

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm-sap packages that fix several security issues are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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

IBM J2SE version 1.4.2 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the
IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Detailed
vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts page,
listed in the References section. (CVE-2012-1713, CVE-2012-1717,
CVE-2012-1718, CVE-2012-1719)

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm-sap are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain the IBM J2SE 1.4.2 SR13-FP13 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/knowledge/articles/11258

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 - 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 - 829358 - CVE-2012-1717 OpenJDK: insecure temporary file permissions (JRE, 7143606)
• 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)

CVEs

• CVE-2012-1719
• CVE-2012-1718
• CVE-2012-1717
• CVE-2012-1713

References

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