Security update for IBM Java

SUSE Security Update: Security update for IBM Java
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1177-2
Rating: important
References: #666744 #778629
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 11 SP1
    		•

    An update that fixes four vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    IBM Java 1.4.2 was updated to SR13-FP13 fixing bugs and
    security issues.

    http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/


    Also one bug has been fixed:

    * fix bnc#771808: create symlink /usr/bin/javaws
    properly

    Security Issue reference:

    * CVE-2012-1717
    >
    * CVE-2012-1713
    >
    * CVE-2012-1719
    >
    * CVE-2012-1718
    >

    Patch Instructions:

    To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
    Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 11 SP1:
      zypper in -t patch slejsp1-java-1_4_2-ibm-6790

    To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 11 SP1 (i586 ia64 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
    • java-1_4_2-ibm-1.4.2_sr13.13-0.2.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 11 SP1 (i586):
    • java-1_4_2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2_sr13.13-0.2.1
    • java-1_4_2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2_sr13.13-0.2.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1713.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1717.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1718.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1719.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/666744
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/778629
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=88f0abae38503a32feb6c129bda878db