Low: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Synopsis

Low: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Low

Topic

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now
available for Red Hat Network Satellite Server.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat
Security Response Team.

Description

This update corrects several security vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2
Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit, shipped as
part of Red Hat Network Satellite Server. In a typical operating
environment, these are of low security risk as the runtime is not used on
untrusted applets.

Several vulnerabilities were discovered in the IBM Java 2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. These
vulnerabilities are summarized on the IBM "Security alerts" page listed in
the References section. (CVE-2008-3103, CVE-2008-5345, CVE-2008-5346,
CVE-2008-5348, CVE-2008-5349, CVE-2008-5350, CVE-2008-5351, CVE-2008-5352,
CVE-2008-5353, CVE-2008-5354, CVE-2008-5356, CVE-2008-5357, CVE-2008-5359,
CVE-2008-5360)

All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR9 Java release. All running instances
of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/docs/DOC-11259

Affected Products

• Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle 5.2 x86_64
• Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle 5.2 s390x
• Red Hat Satellite with Embedded Oracle 5.2 i386

Fixes

• BZ - 452659 - CVE-2008-3103 OpenJDK JMX allows illegal operations with local monitoring (6332953)
• BZ - 472201 - CVE-2008-5350 OpenJDK allows to list files within the user home directory (6484091)
• BZ - 472206 - CVE-2008-5349 OpenJDK RSA public key length denial-of-service (6497740)
• BZ - 472209 - CVE-2008-5348 OpenJDK Denial-Of-Service in kerberos authentication (6588160)
• BZ - 472211 - CVE-2008-5360 OpenJDK temporary files have guessable file names (6721753)
• BZ - 472212 - CVE-2008-5359 OpenJDK Buffer overflow in image processing (6726779)
• BZ - 472213 - CVE-2008-5351 OpenJDK UTF-8 decoder accepts non-shortest form sequences (4486841)
• BZ - 472218 - CVE-2008-5356 OpenJDK Font processing vulnerability (6733336)
• BZ - 472224 - CVE-2008-5353 OpenJDK calendar object deserialization allows privilege escalation (6734167)
• BZ - 472228 - CVE-2008-5354 OpenJDK Privilege escalation in command line applications (6733959)
• BZ - 472231 - CVE-2008-5357 OpenJDK Truetype Font processing vulnerability (6751322)
• BZ - 472233 - CVE-2008-5352 OpenJDK Jar200 Decompression buffer overflow (6755943)
• BZ - 474793 - CVE-2008-5345 JRE allows unauthorized file access and connections to localhost
• BZ - 474794 - CVE-2008-5346 JRE allows unauthorized memory read access via a crafted ZIP file

CVEs

• CVE-2008-3103
• CVE-2008-5345
• CVE-2008-5346
• CVE-2008-5348
• CVE-2008-5349
• CVE-2008-5350
• CVE-2008-5351
• CVE-2008-5352
• CVE-2008-5353
• CVE-2008-5354
• CVE-2008-5356
• CVE-2008-5357
• CVE-2008-5359
• CVE-2008-5360

References

• http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
• http://www-128.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/