Security update for IBM Java

SUSE Security Update: Security update for IBM Java
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1204-1
Rating: important
References: #666744 #771808 #773021 #778629
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 10 SP4
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
    		•

    An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    IBM Java 1.5.0 was updated to SR14 fixing bugs and security
    issues.

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


    Also three bugs have been fixed:

    * fix bnc#771808: create symlink /usr/bin/javaws
    properly
    * fix bnc#666744: mark all configuration files as
    %config(noreplace)
    * fix bnc#773021: add code removing fonts symlink to
    baselibs.conf

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2012-1717
    >
    * CVE-2012-1716
    >
    * CVE-2012-1713
    >
    * CVE-2012-1719
    >
    * CVE-2012-1718
    >
    * CVE-2012-1725
    >

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-devel-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-fonts-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-32bit-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-devel-32bit-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ppc):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-alsa-32bit-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-alsa-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-64bit-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 10 SP4 (i586 ppc s390x x86_64):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-devel-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-fonts-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 10 SP4 (ppc):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586 x86_64):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-demo-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-devel-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-fonts-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-src-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (x86_64):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-32bit-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-alsa-32bit-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-devel-32bit-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4 (i586):
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-alsa-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-jdbc-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1
    • java-1_5_0-ibm-plugin-1.5.0_sr14.0-0.9.1

    References:

  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1713.html
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1716.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
  • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1725.html
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/666744
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/771808
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/773021
  • https://bugzilla.novell.com/778629
  • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=458527f9aa3426cff56a9eb352661d4a