+++ This bug was initially created as a clone of Bug #236892 +++ In January 2007 a flaw was found affecting the SUN JRE; "Buffer overflow in Sun JDK and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 9 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allows applets to gain privileges via a GIF image with a block with a 0 width field, which triggers memory corruption." On 17th April 2007 IBM updated their alerts page to note that this issue affected the IBM JRE and was fixed in 1.4.2 SR8 Also affects RHEL4Extras, RHEL3Extras -- Additional comment from fitzsim on 2007-04-18 13:58 EST -- I've requested updated tarballs from my IBM contact. I'll see if I can get what I need from the public IBM site in the mean time.
An advisory has been issued which should help the problem described in this bug report. This report is therefore being closed with a resolution of ERRATA. For more information on the solution and/or where to find the updated files, please follow the link below. You may reopen this bug report if the solution does not work for you. http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0166.html