SUSE Security Update: Security update for Java
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Announcement ID:    SUSE-SU-2013:0328-1
Rating:             important
References:         #804654
Affected Products:
                    SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2
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   An update that contains security fixes can now be installed.

Description:


   java-1_6_0-openjdk has been updated to IcedTea 1.12.3
   (bnc#804654) which  contains security and bugfixes:

   * Security fixes o S8006446: Restrict MBeanServer
   access (CVE-2013-1486) o S8006777: Improve TLS handling of
   invalid messages Lucky 13 (CVE-2013-0169) o S8007688:
   Blacklist known bad certificate (issued by DigiCert)
   * Backports o S8007393: Possible race condition after
   JDK-6664509 o S8007611: logging behavior in applet changed
   * Bug fixes o PR1319: Support GIF lib v5.


Patch Instructions:

   To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
   Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2:

      zypper in -t patch sledsp2-java-1_6_0-openjdk-7385

   To bring your system up-to-date, use "zypper patch".


Package List:

   - SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 (i586 x86_64):

      java-1_6_0-openjdk-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-0.2.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-0.2.1
      java-1_6_0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0_b27.1.12.3-0.2.1


References:

   https://bugzilla.novell.com/804654
   http://download.novell.com/patch/finder/?keywords=f8727e2d72c81a958750085c77842da9

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