RHSA-2010:0987: Critical: java-1.6.0-ibm security and bug fix update

First published: Wed Dec 15 2010(Updated: )

The IBM 1.6.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and<br>the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.<br>This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime<br>Environment. Detailed vulnerability descriptions are linked from the IBM<br>"Security alerts" page, listed in the References section. (CVE-2009-3555,<br>CVE-2010-1321, CVE-2010-3541, CVE-2010-3548, CVE-2010-3549, CVE-2010-3550,<br>CVE-2010-3551, CVE-2010-3553, CVE-2010-3555, CVE-2010-3556, CVE-2010-3557,<br>CVE-2010-3558, CVE-2010-3560, CVE-2010-3562, CVE-2010-3563, CVE-2010-3565,<br>CVE-2010-3566, CVE-2010-3568, CVE-2010-3569, CVE-2010-3571, CVE-2010-3572,<br>CVE-2010-3573, CVE-2010-3574)<br>This update also fixes the following bugs:<br><li> An error in the java-1.6.0-ibm RPM spec file caused an incorrect path to</li> be included in HtmlConverter, preventing it from running. (BZ#659716)<br><li> On AMD64 and Intel 64 systems, if only the 64-bit java-1.6.0-ibm packages</li> were installed, IBM Java 6 Web Start was not available as an application<br>that could open JNLP (Java Network Launching Protocol) files. This affected<br>file management and web browser tools. Users had to manually open them with<br>the "/usr/lib/jvm/jre-1.6.0-ibm.x86_64/bin/javaws" command. This update<br>resolves this issue. (BZ#633341)<br>All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated<br>packages, containing the IBM 1.6.0 SR9 Java release. All running instances<br>of IBM Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.<br>

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