Issued:

2010-03-17

Updated:

2010-03-17

RHSA-2010:0155 - Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm security and bug fix update

Synopsis

Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm security and bug fix update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix one security issue and a bug are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

The IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP4 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

A flaw was found in the way the TLS/SSL (Transport Layer Security/Secure Sockets Layer) protocols handle session renegotiation. A man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to prefix arbitrary plain text to a client's session (for example, an HTTPS connection to a website). This could force the server to process an attacker's request as if authenticated using the victim's credentials. (CVE-2009-3555)

This update disables renegotiation in the non-default IBM JSSE2 provider for the Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) component. The default JSSE provider is not updated with this fix. Refer to the IBMJSSE2 Provider Reference Guide, linked to in the References, for instructions on how to configure the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment to use the JSSE2 provider by default.

When using the JSSE2 provider, unsafe renegotiation can be re-enabled using the com.ibm.jsse2.renegotiate property. Refer to the following Knowledgebase article for details: This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-20491

This update also fixes the following bug:

• the libjaasauth.so file was missing from the java-1.4.2-ibm packages for the Intel Itanium architecture (.ia64.rpm). This update adds the file to the packages for the Itanium architecture, which resolves this issue. (BZ#572577)

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain the IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP4 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 This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ia64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ia64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ia64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ia64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390x.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc64.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.ppc.rpm
• java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.4-1jpp.1.el5.s390.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 533125

CVEs

• CVE-2009-3555

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
• This content is not included.This content is not included.http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-20491
• Content from www.ibm.com is not included.Content from www.ibm.com is not included.http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/security/142/secguides/jsse2docs/JSSE2RefGuide.html

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.