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[sflack-security] java (jre, jdk) (SFSA:2007-243-01)
Sun has released security advisories pertaining to both the Java
Runtime Environment and the Standard Edition Development Kit.
One such advisory may be found here:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102995-1
Updated versions of both the jre and jdk packages are provided
which address all known flaws in Java(TM) at this time. There
may be more advisories on http://sunsolve.sun.com describing other
flaws that are patched with this update. Happy hunting!
Sflack builds and repackages Sun's Java(TM) sources with little changing,
so the packages from Sflack 12.0 should work on all glibc based
Sflack versions.
Here are the details from the Sflack 12.0 ChangeLog:
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Sat Sep 1 11:00:55 CEST 2007
patches/packages/jre-6u2-x86_64-1.tgz:
Upgraded to Java(TM) 2 Platform Standard Edition Runtime Environment
Version 6.0 update 2.
This update addresses code errors which could possibly be leveraged to
compromise system security, though we know of no existing exploits.
This update consists of the official Java(TM) sources build and
repackaged in Sflack's package format, and may be used on any version
of Sflack that is based on glibc.
For more information, see:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102995-1
(* Security fix *)
An additional change was made to the script that Sflack uses to
set environment variables for Java(TM). Now, after the $JAVA_HOME
variable is set, the next variable settings make use of it, rather
than hard-coding the path to $JAVA_HOME. This does not fix a bug,
but is certainly better scripting style. Thanks to Jason Byrne and
Jean-Christophe Fargette for suggesting this change.
extra/jdk-6/jdk-6u2-x86_64-1.tgz: Upgraded to Java(TM) 2 Platform
Standard Edition Development Kit Version 6.0 update 2.
This update addresses code errors which could possibly be leveraged to
compromise system security, though we know of no existing exploits.
This update consists of the official Java(TM) sources build and
repackaged in Sflack's package format, and may be used on any version
of Sflack that is based on glibc.
For more information, see:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102995-1
(* Security fix *)
An additional change was made to the script that Sflack uses to
set environment variables for Java(TM). Now, after the $JAVA_HOME
variable is set, the next variable settings make use of it, rather
than hard-coding the path to $JAVA_HOME. This does not fix a bug,
but is certainly better scripting style. Thanks to Jason Byrne and
Jean-Christophe Fargette for suggesting this change.
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Where to find the new packages:
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Thanks to the friendly folks at Evolva Telecom
(http://evolva.ro) and serghei.net (http://serghei.net)
for donating additional FTP and rsync hosting
to the Sflack project! :-)
Also see the "Get Sflack" section on http://sflack.com for
additional mirror sites near you.
Updated packages for Sflack 11.0, and 12.0:
ftp://ftp.sflack.com/pub/sflack/sflack-12.0/patches/packages/jre-6u2-x86_64-1.tgz
ftp://ftp.sflack.com/pub/sflack/sflack-12.0/extra/jdk-6/jdk-6u2-x86_64-1.tgz
MD5 signatures:
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a57949225809437ad45ad3f4c4e4f182 jre-6u2-x86_64-1.tgz
7b388b6c1a03bc5fa2988190f92aa94a jdk-6u2-x86_64-1.tgz
Installation instructions:
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Upgrade the package as root:
# upgradepkg jre-6u2-x86_64-1.tgz
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Sflack Linux Security Team
http://sflack.com/gpg-key
security at sflack.com
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