RHSA-2008:0243Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-bea security update

Published
April 28, 2008
Last Modified
June 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)

CVE-2008-1187 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-1187 — Untrusted applet and application XSLT processing privilege escalation

🎯 Affected products44

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-demo-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-demo-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-demo-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-devel-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5.ia64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc-0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3.i686 as a component of Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

🔗 References (5)