[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.fc18

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Fedora Update Notification
FEDORA-2013-0853
2013-01-16 18:46:18
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Name        : java-1.7.0-openjdk
Product     : Fedora 18
Version     : 1.7.0.9
Release     : 2.3.4.fc18
URL         : http://openjdk.java.net/
Summary     : OpenJDK Runtime Environment
Description :
The OpenJDK runtime environment.

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Update Information:

This update fixes rhbz#895035 , which consists of a set of flaws that potentially allow arbitrary code execution (including remotely via applets).

It is strongly recommended that all Java users in Fedora immediately update to this release.
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ChangeLog:

* Mon Jan 14 2013 Deepak Bhole <dbhole at redhat.com> - 1.7.0.9-2.3.4.fc18
- Updated to 2.3.4
* Thu Dec  6 2012 jiri Vanek <jvanek at redhat.com> - 1.7.0.6-2.3.2.fc18.2
- introduced tmp-patches source tarball 
- added kerberos fix (see rhbz#871771)
- added OpenOffice crusher fix (see oracle's 8004344)
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References:

  [ 1 ] Bug #895035 - CVE-2013-0422 CVE-2012-3174 java-1.7.0-openjdk various flaws [fedora-all]
        https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=895035
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This update can be installed with the "yum" update program.  Use 
su -c 'yum update java-1.7.0-openjdk' at the command line.
For more information, refer to "Managing Software with yum",
available at http://docs.fedoraproject.org/yum/.

All packages are signed with the Fedora Project GPG key.  More details on the
GPG keys used by the Fedora Project can be found at
https://fedoraproject.org/keys
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