SUSE Security Update: Security update for IBM Java 1.6.0
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2012:1588-1
Rating:             important
References:         #780491 #785631 #788750
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 10 SP4
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   An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   IBM Java 1.6.0 has been updated to SR12 which fixes bugs
   and security  issues.

   More information can be found on:

   http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
   <http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/>

   CVEs fixed: CVE-2012-3159, CVE-2012-3216, CVE-2012-5068,
   CVE-2012-3143, CVE-2012-5073,  CVE-2012-5075,
   CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5083, CVE-2012-5072,
   CVE-2012-1531,  CVE-2012-5081, CVE-2012-1532,
   CVE-2012-1533, CVE-2012-5069, CVE-2012-5071,
   CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5079, CVE-2012-5089



Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ppc s390x x86_64):

      java-1_6_0-ibm-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-devel-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-fonts-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586 ppc x86_64):

      java-1_6_0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (s390x x86_64):

      java-1_6_0-ibm-32bit-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-devel-32bit-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      java-1_6_0-ibm-alsa-32bit-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-plugin-32bit-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (i586):

      java-1_6_0-ibm-alsa-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP4 (ppc):

      java-1_6_0-ibm-64bit-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Java 10 SP4 (x86_64):

      java-1_6_0-ibm-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-devel-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-fonts-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-jdbc-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1
      java-1_6_0-ibm-plugin-1.6.0_sr12.0-0.10.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/780491
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/785631
   https://bugzilla.novell.com/788750
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=94ebbbaeb864d11273a4fe129dc23269

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