Issued:
2010-03-31
Updated:
2010-03-31

RHSA-2010:0338 - Critical: java-1.5.0-sun security update

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.5.0-sun security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

The java-1.5.0-sun packages as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary contain security flaws and should not be used.

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 1.5.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 5 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 5 Software Development Kit.

The java-1.5.0-sun packages are vulnerable to a number of security flaws and should no longer be used. (CVE-2009-3555, CVE-2010-0082, CVE-2010-0084, CVE-2010-0085, CVE-2010-0087, CVE-2010-0088, CVE-2010-0089, CVE-2010-0091, CVE-2010-0092, CVE-2010-0093, CVE-2010-0094, CVE-2010-0095, CVE-2010-0837, CVE-2010-0838, CVE-2010-0839, CVE-2010-0840, CVE-2010-0841, CVE-2010-0842, CVE-2010-0843, CVE-2010-0844, CVE-2010-0845, CVE-2010-0846, CVE-2010-0847, CVE-2010-0848, CVE-2010-0849)

The Sun Java SE Release family 5.0 reached its End of Service Life on November 3, 2009. The RHSA-2009:1571 update provided the final publicly available update of version 5.0 (Update 22). Users interested in continuing to receive critical fixes for Sun Java SE 5.0 should contact Oracle:

Content from www.sun.com is not included.http://www.sun.com/software/javaforbusiness/index.jsp

An alternative to Sun Java SE 5.0 is the Java 2 Technology Edition of the IBM Developer Kit for Linux, which is available from the Extras and Supplementary channels on the Red Hat Network.

Applications capable of using the Java 6 runtime can be migrated to Java 6 on: OpenJDK (java-1.6.0-openjdk), an open source JDK included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5, since 5.3; the IBM JDK, java-1.6.0-ibm; or the Sun JDK, java-1.6.0-sun.

This update removes the java-1.5.0-sun packages as they have reached their End of Service Life.

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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.2x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support5.2i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4ESx86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4ESi386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4ASx86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64 - Extended Update Support4ASi386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server4i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server - AUS5.3i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop5i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop4i386

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