GLSA 200705-23: Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	05/31/2007
Bugs:	#176675, #178851
ID:	200705-23

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been identified in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Background

The Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) provide the Sun Java platform.

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-java/sun-jdk	< 1.5.0.11	>= 1.5.0.11	All supported architectures
dev-java/sun-jre-bin	< 1.6.0.01	>= 1.6.0.01	All supported architectures

Description

An unspecified vulnerability involving an "incorrect use of system classes" was reported by the Fujitsu security team. Additionally, Chris Evans from the Google Security Team reported an integer overflow resulting in a buffer overflow in the ICC parser used with JPG or BMP files, and an incorrect open() call to /dev/tty when processing certain BMP files.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted Java class or applet that will trigger one of the vulnerabilities. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code outside of the Java sandbox and of the Java security restrictions, or crash the Java application or the browser.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Sun Java Development Kit users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-java/sun-jdk"

All Sun Java Runtime Environment users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "dev-java/sun-jre-bin"

References

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200705-23.xml

Concerns?

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@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at https://bugs.gentoo.org.