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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-14 |
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Severity: Normal |
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Title: Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation |
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Date: June 19, 2005 |
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Bugs: #96092, #96229 |
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ID: 200506-14 |
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Synopsis |
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Sun's and Blackdown's JDK or JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate |
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their privileges. |
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Background |
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Sun and Blackdown both provide implementations of the Java Development |
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Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE). |
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Affected packages |
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected |
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1 dev-java/sun-jdk < 1.4.2.08 >= 1.4.2.08 |
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2 dev-java/sun-jre-bin < 1.4.2.08 >= 1.4.2.08 |
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3 dev-java/blackdown-jdk < 1.4.2.02 >= 1.4.2.02 |
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4 dev-java/blackdown-jre < 1.4.2.02 >= 1.4.2.02 |
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4 affected packages on all of their supported architectures. |
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Description |
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Both Sun's and Blackdown's JDK and JRE may allow untrusted applets to |
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elevate privileges. |
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Impact |
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A remote attacker could embed a malicious Java applet in a web page and |
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entice a victim to view it. This applet can then bypass security |
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restrictions and execute any command or access any file with the rights |
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of the user running the web browser. |
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Workaround |
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There are no known workarounds at this time. |
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Resolution |
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All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.08" |
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All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.08" |
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All Blackdown JDK users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02" |
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All Blackdown JRE users should upgrade to the latest version: |
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# emerge --sync |
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# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02" |
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Note to SPARC users: There is no stable secure Blackdown Java for the |
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SPARC architecture. Affected users should remove the package until a |
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SPARC package is released. |
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References |
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[ 1 ] Sun Security Alert ID 101749 |
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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101749-1 |
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[ 2 ] Blackdown Java Security Advisory |
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http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/security/Blackdown-SA-2005-02.txt |
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Availability |
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at |
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the Gentoo Security Website: |
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http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-14.xml |
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Concerns? |
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the |
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confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost |
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importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to |
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security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at |
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http://bugs.gentoo.org. |
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License |
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text |
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belongs to its owner(s). |
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The contents of this document are licensed under the |
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Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. |
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0 |