Issued:
2012-11-15
Updated:
2012-11-15

RHSA-2012:1465 - Security Advisory

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm 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

IBM J2SE version 5.0 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-2012-1531, CVE-2012-3143,
CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5071,
CVE-2012-5073, CVE-2012-5075, CVE-2012-5079, CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2012-5083,
CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5089)

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM J2SE 5.0 SR15 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 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 - Extended Update Support 6.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support 6.3 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 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 6 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support 6.3 s390x
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 6 ppc64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support 6.3 ppc64
  • 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 6.3 x86_64
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - Extended Update Support from RHUI 6.3 i386

Fixes

  • BZ - 865346 - CVE-2012-3216 OpenJDK: java.io.FilePermission information leak (Libraries, 6631398)
  • BZ - 865357 - CVE-2012-5073 OpenJDK: LogManager security bypass (Libraries, 7169884)
  • BZ - 865363 - CVE-2012-5075 OpenJDK: RMIConnectionImpl information disclosure (JMX, 7169888)
  • BZ - 865370 - CVE-2012-5081 OpenJDK: JSSE denial of service (JSSE, 7186286)
  • BZ - 865511 - CVE-2012-5084 OpenJDK: DefaultFormatter insufficient data validation (Swing, 7195194)
  • BZ - 865514 - CVE-2012-5089 OpenJDK: RMIConnectionImpl insufficient access control checks (JMX, 7198296)
  • BZ - 865519 - CVE-2012-5071 OpenJDK: DescriptorSupport insufficient package access checks (JMX, 7192975)
  • BZ - 865531 - CVE-2012-5069 OpenJDK: Executors state handling issues (Concurrency, 7189103)
  • BZ - 865568 - CVE-2012-5079 OpenJDK: ServiceLoader reject not subtype classes without instantiating (Libraries, 7195919)
  • BZ - 867185 - CVE-2012-1531 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (2D)
  • BZ - 867189 - CVE-2012-3143 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (JMX)
  • BZ - 867193 - CVE-2012-5083 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (2D)
  • BZ - 876386 - CVE-2012-4820 IBM JDK: java.lang.reflect.Method invoke() code execution
  • BZ - 876388 - CVE-2012-4822 IBM JDK: java.lang.class code execution

CVEs

References

Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5

SRPM
ppc
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: b007c371bb2bddb6ecb9338f7c2b0b497923906cf0ab707904a31c19d6e48c19
java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: f8b10a0dfa7adf1264bded028da2c8c0b5812a397134428b7c10af8a5638d0f3
java-1.5.0-ibm-accessibility-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 1238f9910bda7746f0a91130b7681461a11d75ec21ff98e42697747cf82d2c75
java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 08681627f6055550c707785cc922a08a21781fec4d6a567801240203c84c81fc
java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: da15964b1dc22629ed6e0eae45d49851457fe185613f5900306e9c59cd183a5f
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 5905a7afadbbecc59e0dfb56b505f858a53530ae5555fefc22cf820db3b25c75
java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 45353f5567ae9e7ca93c18647af35ac5f824aac2dd01b2920bc355fcdb3cfc35
java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: d9c698c1fdc506bf92d2e38559cf742db7c20ed7248fb8d06d2a71afec491077
java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 4fed3c137b4b27ea89c3656c54304b03597081d18c9d1e807492732c16844a0a
java-1.5.0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: bc505fcf7e18a505ff9e5399f093553a3944797bd9bd330d2c9a4d430217eb0d
java-1.5.0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 5744ba70b08fecf3bc6a3b731ad696c00794f9189f57e88ef0191bedebf47b09
java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc.rpm SHA-256: 1be32526a0922d071a0cee658422294d0bd7e37f484730696cfcd3f7e6557311
java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.15.0-1jpp.1.el5_8.ppc64.rpm SHA-256: 1f870de25ec7703d390788eb297a56112aa4d7b270f9444d964b7448f82e2b2c

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