From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Tue Jul 15 2008 - 18:40:04 CDT

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TITLE:
Red Hat update for java-1.5.0-sun

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA31055

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31055/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, Exposure of system information, Exposure of
sensitive information, DoS, System access

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras v. 4
http://secunia.com/product/8743/
RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server)
http://secunia.com/product/14052/
RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client)
http://secunia.com/product/15166/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for java-1.5.0-sun. This fixes some
vulnerabilities, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions, disclose system information or
potentially sensitive information, cause a DoS (Denial of Service),
or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA31010

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA31010:
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010/

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