RHSA-2009:1571: Critical: java-1.5.0-sun security update

First published: Tue Nov 10 2009(Updated: )

The Sun 1.5.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 5 Runtime Environment and<br>the Sun Java 5 Software Development Kit.<br>This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 5 Runtime<br>Environment and the Sun Java 5 Software Development Kit. These<br>vulnerabilities are summarized on the "Advance notification of Security<br>Updates for Java SE" page from Sun Microsystems, listed in the References<br>section. (CVE-2009-2409, CVE-2009-3728, CVE-2009-3873, CVE-2009-3876,<br>CVE-2009-3877, CVE-2009-3879, CVE-2009-3880, CVE-2009-3881, CVE-2009-3882,<br>CVE-2009-3883, CVE-2009-3884)<br>Note: This is the final update for the java-1.5.0-sun packages, as the Sun<br>Java SE Release family 5.0 has now reached End of Service Life. The next<br>update will remove the java-1.5.0-sun packages.<br>An alternative to Sun Java SE 5.0 is the Java 2 Technology Edition of the<br>IBM Developer Kit for Linux, which is available from the Extras and<br>Supplementary channels on the Red Hat Network. For users of applications<br>that are capable of using the Java 6 runtime, the OpenJDK open source JDK<br>is included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (since 5.3) and is supported by<br>Red Hat.<br>Users of java-1.5.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which<br>correct these issues. All running instances of Sun Java must be restarted<br>for the update to take effect.

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