<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200601-10"> <title>Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation</title> <synopsis> Sun's and Blackdown's JDK or JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate their privileges. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">sun-jdk sun-jre-bin blackdown-jre blackdown-jdk</product> <announced>2006-01-16</announced> <revised count="01">2006-01-16</revised> <bug>118114</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-java/sun-jdk" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.09</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.09</vulnerable> </package> <package name="dev-java/sun-jre-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.09</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.09</vulnerable> </package> <package name="dev-java/blackdown-jdk" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.03</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.03</vulnerable> </package> <package name="dev-java/blackdown-jre" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.03</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.03</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> Sun and Blackdown both provide implementations of the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE). </p> </background> <description> <p> Adam Gowdiak discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment's Reflection APIs that may allow untrusted applets to elevate privileges. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> 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. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There are no known workarounds at this time. </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-1.4.2.09"</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-1.4.2.09"</code> <p> All Blackdown JDK users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03"</code> <p> All Blackdown JRE users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03"</code> <p> Note to SPARC and PPC users: There is no stable secure Blackdown Java for the SPARC or PPC architectures. Affected users on the PPC architecture should consider switching to the IBM Java packages (ibm-jdk-bin and ibm-jre-bin). Affected users on the SPARC should remove the package until a SPARC package is released. </p> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3905">CVE-2005-3905</uri> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3906">CVE-2005-3906</uri> <uri link="http://sunsolve.sun.com/searchproxy/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102003-1">Sun Security Alert ID 102003</uri> <uri link="http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/security/Blackdown-SA-2005-03.txt">Blackdown Java-Linux Security Advisory</uri> </references> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2006-01-13T09:49:14Z"> koon </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2006-01-13T09:55:18Z"> koon </metadata> </glsa>