GLSA 200806-11: IBM JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

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Severity:	normal
Title:	IBM JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
Date:	06/25/2008
Bugs:	#186277, #198644, #216112
ID:	200806-11

Synopsis

Multiple vulnerabilities have been found in IBM Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE), resulting in the execution of arbitrary code.

Background

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

Affected packages

Package	Vulnerable	Unaffected	Architecture(s)
dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin	< 1.5.0.7	>= 1.5.0.7	All supported architectures
dev-java/ibm-jre-bin	< 1.5.0.7	>= 1.5.0.7	All supported architectures

Description

Because of sharing the same codebase, IBM JDK and JRE are affected by the vulnerabilities mentioned in GLSA 200804-20.

Impact

A remote attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted applet on a website or start an application in Java Web Start to execute arbitrary code outside of the Java sandbox and of the Java security restrictions with the privileges of the user running Java. The attacker could also obtain sensitive information, create, modify, rename and read local files, execute local applications, establish connections in the local network, bypass the same origin policy, and cause a Denial of Service via multiple vectors.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All IBM JDK 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin-1.5.0.7"

All IBM JDK 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin-1.4.2.11"

All IBM JRE 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/ibm-jre-bin-1.5.0.7"

All IBM JRE 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:


    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/ibm-jre-bin-1.4.2.11"

References

GLSA 200804-20

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

Concerns?

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