Issued:
2010-11-10
Updated:
2010-11-10

RHSA-2010:0873 - Critical: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

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 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 IBM 1.5.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM "Security alerts" page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3541, CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3550, CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3556, CVE-2010-3559, CVE-2010-3562, CVE-2010-3565, CVE-2010-3566, CVE-2010-3568, CVE-2010-3569, CVE-2010-3572, CVE-2010-3573, CVE-2010-3574)

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR12-FP2 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

ProductVersionArch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian6ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian - Extended Update Support6.2ppc64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems6s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems - Extended Update Support6.2s390x
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI6i386
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop6i386

Updated Packages

  • java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.s390.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-javacomm-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.s390x.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.ppc64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-src-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.i686.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.x86_64.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-devel-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.ppc.rpm
  • java-1.5.0-ibm-demo-1.5.0.12.2-1jpp.1.el6.s390x.rpm

Fixes

CVEs

References

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