Security update for Java

SUSE Security Update: Security update for Java
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2013:0434-1
Rating: critical
References: #807487
Affected Products:
  • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2

  • An update that fixes two vulnerabilities is now available.

    Description:


    This release of Icedtea6-1.12.4 fixes the following two
    issues that allowed a remote attacker to execute arbitrary
    code remotely by providing crafted images to the affected
    code.

    * CVE-2013-0809: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (critical)
    (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P): Insufficient Information
    (CWE-noinfo)
    * CVE-2013-1493: CVSS v2 Base Score: 6.8 (critical)
    (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P): Buffer Errors (CWE-119)

    Security Issue references:

    * CVE-2013-0809
    >
    * CVE-2013-1493
    >

    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 Desktop 11 SP2:
      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-java-1_6_0-openjdk-7457

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

    Package List:

    • SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):
    • java-1_6_0-openjdk-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.4-0.2.1
    • java-1_6_0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.4-0.2.1
    • java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.4-0.2.1

    References:

    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-0809.html
    • http://support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-1493.html
    • https://bugzilla.novell.com/807487
    • http://download.suse.com/patch/finder/?keywords=b123f43a2f91b6662161836877dd2663