[ GLSA 200804-20 ] Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

[GLSA]

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory

Title: Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 200804-20)
Severity: normal
Exploitable: remote
Date: April 17, 2008
Updated: March 05, 2010
Bug(s): #178851, #178962, #183580, #185256, #194711, #212425
ID: 200804-20

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: dev-java/sun-jre-bin
Vulnerable: < 1.6.0.05
Unaffected: >= 1.6.0.05
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.21 < 1.5.0.22
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.20 < 1.5.0.21
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.19 < 1.5.0.20
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.18 < 1.5.0.19
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.17 < 1.5.0.18
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.16 < 1.5.0.17
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.15 < 1.5.0.16
Unaffected: >= 1.4.2.17 < 1.4.2.18
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.22 < 1.5.0.23
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: dev-java/sun-jdk
Vulnerable: < 1.6.0.05
Unaffected: >= 1.6.0.05
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.21 < 1.5.0.22
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.20 < 1.5.0.21
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.19 < 1.5.0.20
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.18 < 1.5.0.19
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.17 < 1.5.0.18
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.16 < 1.5.0.17
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.15 < 1.5.0.16
Unaffected: >= 1.4.2.17 < 1.4.2.18
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.22 < 1.5.0.23
Architectures: All supported architectures

Package: app-emulation/emul-linux-x86-java
Vulnerable: < 1.6.0.05
Unaffected: >= 1.6.0.05
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.21 < 1.5.0.22
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.20 < 1.5.0.21
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.19 < 1.5.0.20
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.18 < 1.5.0.19
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.17 < 1.5.0.18
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.16 < 1.5.0.17
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.15 < 1.5.0.16
Unaffected: >= 1.4.2.17 < 1.4.2.18
Unaffected: >= 1.5.0.22 < 1.5.0.23
Architectures: All supported architectures


Description


Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Sun Java:

• Daniel Soeder discovered that a long codebase attribute string in a
  JNLP file will overflow a stack variable when launched by Java WebStart
  (CVE-2007-3655).
• Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2007-2435, CVE-2007-2788,
  CVE-2007-2789) that were previously reported as GLSA 200705-23 and GLSA
  200706-08 also affect 1.4 and 1.6 SLOTs, which was not mentioned in the
  initial revision of said GLSAs.
• The Zero Day Initiative, TippingPoint and John Heasman reported
  multiple buffer overflows and unspecified vulnerabilities in Java Web
  Start (CVE-2008-1188, CVE-2008-1189, CVE-2008-1190,
  CVE-2008-1191).
• Hisashi Kojima of Fujitsu and JPCERT/CC reported a security issue
  when performing XSLT transformations (CVE-2008-1187).
• CERT/CC reported a Stack-based buffer overflow in Java Web Start
  when using JNLP files (CVE-2008-1196).
• Azul Systems reported an unspecified vulnerability that allows
  applets to escalate their privileges (CVE-2007-5689).
• Billy Rios, Dan Boneh, Collin Jackson, Adam Barth, Andrew Bortz,
  Weidong Shao, and David Byrne discovered multiple instances where Java
  applets or JavaScript programs run within browsers do not pin DNS
  hostnames to a single IP address, allowing for DNS rebinding attacks
  (CVE-2007-5232, CVE-2007-5273, CVE-2007-5274).
• Peter Csepely reported that Java Web Start does not properly
  enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications (CVE-2007-5237,
  CVE-2007-5238).
• Java Web Start does not properly enforce access restrictions for
  untrusted Java applications and applets, when handling drag-and-drop
  operations (CVE-2007-5239).
• Giorgio Maone discovered that warnings for untrusted code can be
  hidden under applications' windows (CVE-2007-5240).
• Fujitsu reported two security issues where security restrictions of
  web applets and applications were not properly enforced (CVE-2008-1185,
  CVE-2008-1186).
• John Heasman of NGSSoftware discovered that the Java Plug-in does
  not properly enforce the same origin policy (CVE-2008-1192).
• Chris Evans of the Google Security Team discovered multiple
  unspecified vulnerabilities within the Java Runtime Environment Image
  Parsing Library (CVE-2008-1193, CVE-2008-1194).
• Gregory Fleischer reported that web content fetched via the "jar:"
  protocol was not subject to network access restrictions
  (CVE-2008-1195).
• Chris Evans and Johannes Henkel of the Google Security Team
  reported that the XML parsing code retrieves external entities even
  when that feature is disabled (CVE-2008-0628).
• Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities might allow for escalation of
  privileges (CVE-2008-0657).

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 Sun JRE 1.6 users should upgrade to the latest version: