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TITLE:
Red Hat update for IBMJava2-JRE and IBMJava2-SDK

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA30805

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/30805/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass, DoS, System access

WHERE:
>From remote

OPERATING SYSTEM:
RedHat Enterprise Linux AS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/48/
RedHat Enterprise Linux ES 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1306/
RedHat Enterprise Linux WS 2.1
http://secunia.com/product/1044/

DESCRIPTION:
Red Hat has issued an update for IBMJava2-JRE and IBMJava2-SDK. This
fixes some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by
malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS
(Denial of Service), or compromise a vulnerable system.

For more information:
SA25295
SA26015

SOLUTION:
Updated packages are available via Red Hat Network.
http://rhn.redhat.com

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0133.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA25295:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25295/

SA26015:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26015/

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