Issued:

2013-02-20

Updated:

2013-02-20

RHSA-2013:0531 - Critical: java-1.6.0-sun security update

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.6.0-sun security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.6.0-sun packages that fix three 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

Oracle Java SE version 6 includes the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes three vulnerabilities in the Oracle Java Runtime Environment and the Oracle Java Software Development Kit. Further information about these flaws can be found on the Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2013-0169, CVE-2013-1486, CVE-2013-1487)

All users of java-1.6.0-sun are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which provide Oracle Java 6 Update 41. All running instances of Oracle 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 https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-devel-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-demo-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.i686.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-src-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-plugin-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm
• java-1.6.0-sun-1.6.0.41-1jpp.1.el6_3.x86_64.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 907589
• This content is not included.BZ - 913014
• This content is not included.BZ - 913030

CVEs

• CVE-2013-0169
• CVE-2013-1486
• CVE-2013-1487

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• Content from www.oracle.com is not included.Content from www.oracle.com is not included.http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013update-1905892.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.