Synopsis: Moderate: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update
Issue Date: 2011-02-10
CVE Numbers: CVE-2010-4476
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These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the
OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit.
A denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were
converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause
Java-based applications to hang, for instance if they parse Double values
in a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2010-4476)
All users of java-1.6.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which resolve this issue. All running instances of OpenJDK Java
must be restarted for the update to take effect.
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SL5
x86_64
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.x86_64.rpm
i386
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.18.b17.el5.i386.rpm
SL6
x86_64
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
i386
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
– Scientific Linux Development Team
