Critical: java-1.4.2-ibm security update

Synopsis

Critical: java-1.4.2-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Critical

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. This is the last
update of these packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 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

IBM J2SE version 1.4.2 includes the IBM Java Runtime Environment and the
IBM Java Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java Software Development Kit. Detailed
vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM Security alerts page,
listed in the References section. (CVE-2012-1531, CVE-2012-3216,
CVE-2012-4820, CVE-2012-4822, CVE-2012-5073, CVE-2012-5079, CVE-2012-5081,
CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5084)

This is the last update of the java-1.4.2-ibm packages in Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. Customers are advised to migrate to later
versions of Java at this time. More current versions of IBM Java SE
continue to be available via the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary
channel. Customers should also consider OpenJDK which is the default Java
development and runtime environment in Red Hat Enterprise Linux. In
cases where it is not feasible to move to a later version of supported
Java, customers are advised to contact IBM to evaluate other options.

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain the IBM J2SE 1.4.2 SR13-FP14 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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 ia64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop 5 i386
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems 5 s390x
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power, big endian 5 ppc
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server from RHUI 5 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 865346 - CVE-2012-3216 OpenJDK: java.io.FilePermission information leak (Libraries, 6631398)
• BZ - 865357 - CVE-2012-5073 OpenJDK: LogManager security bypass (Libraries, 7169884)
• BZ - 865370 - CVE-2012-5081 OpenJDK: JSSE denial of service (JSSE, 7186286)
• BZ - 865511 - CVE-2012-5084 OpenJDK: DefaultFormatter insufficient data validation (Swing, 7195194)
• BZ - 865568 - CVE-2012-5079 OpenJDK: ServiceLoader reject not subtype classes without instantiating (Libraries, 7195919)
• BZ - 867185 - CVE-2012-1531 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (2D)
• BZ - 867193 - CVE-2012-5083 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability (2D)
• BZ - 876386 - CVE-2012-4820 IBM JDK: java.lang.reflect.Method invoke() code execution
• BZ - 876388 - CVE-2012-4822 IBM JDK: java.lang.class code execution

CVEs

• CVE-2012-5084
• CVE-2012-5079
• CVE-2012-5081
• CVE-2012-3216
• CVE-2012-5073
• CVE-2012-1531
• CVE-2012-5083
• CVE-2012-4820
• CVE-2012-4822
• CVE-2013-1475

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#critical
• http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/