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From: Raphael Marichez <falco@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200701-15 ] Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date: Mon, 22 Jan 2007 23:33:36
Message-Id: 20070122231313.GJ8994@falco.falcal.net
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2 Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200701-15
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7 Severity: Normal
8 Title: Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
9 Date: January 22, 2007
10 Bugs: #158659
11 ID: 200701-15
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15 Synopsis
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18 Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities have been identified in Sun Java
19 Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
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21 Background
22 ==========
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24 The Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Sun Java Runtime Environment
25 (JRE) provide the Sun Java platform.
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27 Affected packages
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31 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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33 1 dev-java/sun-jdk < 1.4.2.13 >= 1.4.2.13
34 >= 1.5.0.09
35 dev-java/sun-jdk < 1.5.0.09 >= 1.4.2.13
36 >= 1.5.0.09
37 2 dev-java/sun-jre-bin < 1.4.2.13 >= 1.4.2.13
38 >= 1.5.0.09
39 dev-java/sun-jre-bin < 1.5.0.09 >= 1.4.2.13
40 >= 1.5.0.09
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42 2 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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45 Description
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47
48 Chris Evans has discovered multiple buffer overflows in Sun JDK and Sun
49 JRE possibly related to various AWT or font layout functions. Tom
50 Hawtin has discovered an unspecified vulnerability in Sun JDK and Sun
51 JRE relating to unintended applet data access. He has also discovered
52 multiple other unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun JDK and Sun JRE
53 allowing unintended Java applet or application resource acquisition.
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55 Impact
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58 An attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted Java applet
59 or application that could read, write, or execute local files with the
60 privileges of the user running the JVM; access data maintained in other
61 Java applets; or escalate the privileges of the currently running Java
62 applet or application allowing for unauthorized access to system
63 resources.
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65 Workaround
66 ==========
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68 There is no known workaround at this time.
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70 Resolution
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73 All Sun Java Development Kit users should upgrade to the latest
74 version:
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76 # emerge --sync
77 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-java/sun-jdk"
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79 All Sun Java Runtime Environment users should upgrade to the latest
80 version:
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82 # emerge --sync
83 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-java/sun-jre-bin"
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85 References
86 ==========
87
88 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-6731
89 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6731
90 [ 2 ] CVE-2006-6736
91 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6736
92 [ 3 ] CVE-2006-6737
93 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6737
94 [ 4 ] CVE-2006-6745
95 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6745
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97 Availability
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100 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
101 the Gentoo Security Website:
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103 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml
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105 Concerns?
106 =========
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108 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
109 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
110 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
111 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
112 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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114 License
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117 Copyright 2007 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
118 belongs to its owner(s).
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120 The contents of this document are licensed under the
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