50513 : Sun Java JDK / JRE Applet Classloading Privilege Escalation
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-12-03

Keywords

6716217 HPSBUX02411 SSRT080111

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5344" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier allows untrusted applets to read arbitrary files and make unauthorized network connections via unknown vectors related to applet classloading, aka 6716217.

Classification

Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 17, JDK/JRE 6 Update 11, SDK/JRE 1.4.2_19, SDK/JRE 1.3.1_24 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-5344 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 32991 33015 33457 33528 33536 33710 34233 34605 34889 35065 37386 38539
Related OSVDB ID: 50495 50496 50497 50498 50499 50500 50501 50502 50503 50504 50505 50506 50507 50508 50509 50510 50511 50512 50514
Keyword: c02000725, HPSBMA02486, SSRT090049
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02000725
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-244988-1
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_18_ibmjava.html
http://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01683026
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html

Tools & Filters

	35030

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-12-05 | Disagree?

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