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diff --git a/glsa-200602-07.xml b/glsa-200602-07.xml new file mode 100644 index 00000000..5d0eeae4 --- /dev/null +++ b/glsa-200602-07.xml @@ -0,0 +1,87 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/glsa.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<?xml-stylesheet href="/xsl/guide.xsl" type="text/xsl"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200602-07"> + <title>Sun JDK/JRE: Applet privilege escalation</title> + <synopsis> + Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) do not + adequately constrain applets from privilege escalation and arbitrary code + execution. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Sun JDK, applet</product> + <announced>February 15, 2006</announced> + <revised>February 15, 2006: 01</revised> + <bug>122156</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-java/sun-jdk" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.10</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.10</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="dev-java/sun-jre-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.10</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.10</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Sun's JDK and JRE provide interpreters for Java Applets in a + sandboxed environment. These implementations provide the Java Web Start + technology that can be used for easy client-side deployment of Java + applications. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Applets executed using JRE or JDK can use "reflection" APIs + functions to elevate its privileges beyond the sandbox restrictions. + Adam Gowdiak discovered five vulnerabilities that use this method for + privilege escalation. Two more vulnerabilities were discovered by the + vendor. Peter Csepely discovered that Web Start Java applications also + can an escalate their privileges. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + A malicious Java applet can bypass Java sandbox restrictions and + hence access local files, connect to arbitrary network locations and + execute arbitrary code on the user's machine. Java Web Start + applications are affected likewise. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + Select another Java implementation using java-config. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10"</code> + <p> + All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.10"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102170-1">Sun Security Alert ID 102170</uri> + <uri link="http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102171-1">Sun Security Alert ID 102171</uri> + <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0614">CVE-2006-0614</uri> + <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0615">CVE-2006-0615</uri> + <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0616">CVE-2006-0616</uri> + <uri link="http://www.cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0617">CVE-2006-0617</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Thu, 09 Feb 2006 20:48:45 +0000"> + dragonheart + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 12 Feb 2006 13:04:50 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> +</glsa> |