RHSA-2009:1236: java-1.5.0-ibm security update

Description

The IBM 1.5.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment andthe IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 RuntimeEnvironment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. Thesevulnerabilities are summarized on the IBM "Security alerts" page listed inthe References section. (CVE-2009-2625, CVE-2009-2670, CVE-2009-2671,CVE-2009-2672, CVE-2009-2673, CVE-2009-2675)All users of java-1.5.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updatedpackages, containing the IBM 1.5.0 SR10 Java release. All running instancesof IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.Note: The packages included in this update are identical to the packagesmade available by RHEA-2009:1208 and RHEA-2009:1210 on the 13th ofAugust 2009. These packages are being reissued as a Red Hat SecurityAdvisory as they fixed a number of security issues that were not madepublic until after those errata were released. Since the packages areidentical, there is no need to install this update if RHEA-2009:1208 orRHEA-2009:1210 has already been installed.