Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap security update

Synopsis

Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory: Moderate

Topic

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm-sap packages that fix several security issues are
now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6 for SAP.

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

The IBM Java SE version 1.4.2 release includes the IBM Java 1.4.2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 1.4.2 Software Development Kit.

This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 1.4.2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 1.4.2 Software Development Kit. Detailed
vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM "Security alerts" page,
listed in the References section. (CVE-2011-3563, CVE-2012-0499,
CVE-2012-0502, CVE-2012-0503, CVE-2012-0505, CVE-2012-0506)

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm-sap are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain the IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP12 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
https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP 5 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP from RHUI 6 x86_64
• Red Hat Enterprise Linux for SAP from RHUI 5 x86_64
• RHEL for SAP - Extended Update Support 6.7 x86_64

Fixes

• BZ - 788976 - CVE-2012-0503 OpenJDK: unrestricted use of TimeZone.setDefault() (i18n, 7110687)
• BZ - 789295 - CVE-2011-3563 OpenJDK: JavaSound incorrect bounds check (Sound, 7088367)
• BZ - 789297 - CVE-2012-0502 OpenJDK: KeyboardFocusManager focus stealing (AWT, 7110683)
• BZ - 789299 - CVE-2012-0505 OpenJDK: incomplete info in the deserialization exception (Serialization, 7110700)
• BZ - 789300 - CVE-2012-0506 OpenJDK: mutable repository identifiers (CORBA, 7110704)
• BZ - 790722 - CVE-2012-0499 Oracle JDK: unspecified vulnerability fixed in 6u31 and 7u3 (2D)

CVEs

• CVE-2012-0505
• CVE-2011-3563
• CVE-2012-0506
• CVE-2012-0503
• CVE-2012-0502
• CVE-2012-0499

References

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