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