Issued:

2011-02-10

Updated:

2011-02-10

RHSA-2011:0214 - Moderate: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update

Synopsis

Moderate: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Moderate

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

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

These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause Java-based applications to hang, for instance if they parse Double values in a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2010-4476)

All users of java-1.6.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue. All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for the 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-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.src.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-debuginfo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 674336

CVEs

• CVE-2010-4476

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

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.