RHSA-2008:0245Medium

Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.6.0-bea security update

Published
April 28, 2008
Last Modified
June 28, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (4)

CVE-2008-0628 →CVE-2008-1187 →CVE-2008-1193 →CVE-2008-1194 →

📋 Description

CVE-2008-0628 — java-1.6.0 default external entity processing CVE-2008-1187 — Untrusted applet and application XSLT processing privilege escalation CVE-2008-1193 — JRE image parsing library allows privilege escalation (CVE-2008-1194) CVE-2008-1194 — JRE image parsing library allows privilege escalation (CVE-2008-1194)

🎯 Affected products26

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-demo-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-demo-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-demo-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-demo-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-devel-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-devel-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-devel-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-devel-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-jdbc-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-jdbc-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-jdbc-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-jdbc-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-missioncontrol-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-missioncontrol-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-missioncontrol-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-missioncontrol-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-src-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-src-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-src-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5)
  • java-1.6.0-bea-src-1:1.6.0.03-1jpp.2.el5.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5)

✅ 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 (6)