(RHSA-2011:0299) Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap security update

The IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP8 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were
converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause
Java based applications to hang, for example, if they parsed Double values
in a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2010-4476)

Note: The java-1.4.2-ibm packages were renamed to java-1.4.2-ibm-sap to
correct a naming overlap; however, java-1.4.2-ibm-sap does not
automatically obsolete the previous java-1.4.2-ibm packages for Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 4 and 5 for SAP. Refer to the RHBA-2010:0491 and
RHBA-2010:0530 advisories, listed in the References, for further
information.

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm-sap for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5 and 6 for
SAP are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which contain the IBM
1.4.2 SR13-FP8 Java release. All running instances of IBM Java must be
restarted for this update to take effect.