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Sun Java JRE "reflection" APIs Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory:	SA18760	Advisory Toolbox: Issue ticket Save in to-do list Mark as handled Exploit information Download as PDF Review actions Add comment
Release Date:	2006-02-08
Last Update:	2006-02-14
Popularity:	32,763 views

Critical:	Highly critical
Impact:	System access
Where:	From remote
Solution Status:	Vendor Patch

Software:	Sun Java JDK 1.5.x Sun Java JRE 1.3.x Sun Java JRE 1.4.x Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x Sun Java SDK 1.3.x Sun Java SDK 1.4.x

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CVE reference:	CVE-2006-0614 CVE-2006-0615 CVE-2006-0616 CVE-2006-0617

Description: Seven vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system. The vulnerabilities are caused due to various unspecified errors in the "reflection" APIs. This may be exploited by a malicious, untrusted applet to read and write local files or execute local applications. The following releases are affected by one or more of the seven vulnerabilities on Windows, Solaris, and Linux platforms: * JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 5 and prior * SDK and JRE 1.4.2_09 and prior * SDK and JRE 1.3.1_16 and prior Solution: Update to the fixed versions. JDK and JRE 5.0: Update to JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 6 or later. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp SDK and JRE 1.4.x: Update to SDK and JRE 1.4.2_10 or later. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html SDK and JRE 1.3.x: Update to SDK and JRE 1.3.1_17 or later. http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html Provided and/or discovered by: The vendor credits Adam Gowdiak for reporting five of the seven vulnerabilities. Changelog: 2006-02-10: Added link to US-CERT vulnerability note. 2006-02-14: Added CVE references. Original Advisory: Sun Microsystems: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102171-1 Other References: US-CERT VU#759996: http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/759996

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