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Security ERRATA Medium: java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
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Troy Dawson <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Wed, 4 Feb 2009 14:04:05 -0600
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Synopsis:	Medium: java (jdk 1.6.0) security update
Issue date:	2009-01-17
CVE Names:	CVE-2008-2086

A vulnerability was found in in Java Web Start. If a user visits a
malicious website, an attacker could misuse this flaw to execute 
arbitrary code. (CVE-2008-2086)

Additionally, these packages fix several other critical vulnerabilities.
These are summarized in the "Advance notification of Security Updates 
for Java SE" from Sun Microsystems.

SL 4.x

      SRPMS:
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl4.jpp.src.rpm
      i386:
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl4.jpp.i586.rpm
jdk-1.6.0_12-fcs.i586.rpm
      x86_64:
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl4.jpp.i586.rpm
jdk-1.6.0_12-fcs.i586.rpm

SL 5.x

      SRPMS:
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl5.jpp.src.rpm
      i386:
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm
jdk-1.6.0_12-fcs.i586.rpm
      x86_64:
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl5.jpp.i586.rpm
java-1.6.0-sun-compat-1.6.0.12-1.sl5.jpp.x86_64.rpm
jdk-1.6.0_12-fcs.i586.rpm
jdk-1.6.0_12-fcs.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson

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