SUSE Security Update: Security update for IBM Java
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1204-1
Rating:             important
References:         #666744 #771808 #773021 #778629 
Cross-References:   CVE-2012-1713 CVE-2012-1716 CVE-2012-1717
                    CVE-2012-1718 CVE-2012-1719 CVE-2012-1725
                   
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4
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   An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available.

Description:


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

   https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/
   

   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:

   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1713.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1716.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1717.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1718.html
   https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1719.html
   https://www.suse.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
   https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

SuSE: 2012:1204-1: important: IBM Java

September 18, 2012
An update that fixes 6 vulnerabilities is now available

Summary

IBM Java 1.5.0 was updated to SR14 fixing bugs and security issues. https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/java-sdk/ 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-ib...

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References

#666744 #771808 #773021 #778629

Cross- CVE-2012-1713 CVE-2012-1716 CVE-2012-1717

CVE-2012-1718 CVE-2012-1719 CVE-2012-1725

Affected Products:

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 10 SP4

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP4

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1713.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1716.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1717.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1718.html

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-1719.html

https://www.suse.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

https://login.microfocus.com/nidp/app/login

Severity
Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2012:1204-1
Rating: important

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