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Sun JRE Applet Handling Two Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA28795
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Release Date:
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2008-02-06
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Last Update:
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2008-02-12
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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System access
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
Sun Java JDK 1.6.x
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0657 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun JRE, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the handling of Java applets. These can be exploited by malicious, untrusted applets to read and write local files, or to execute local applications.
The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products (for Windows, Solaris, and Linux):
* JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 13 and earlier
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Solution:
Update to the latest versions or apply patches.
JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 or later:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 14 or later:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp
-- Java SE 6 --
Java SE 6 update 2 (as patch 125136-02 or later)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-125136-02-1
Java SE 6 update 2 (as patch 125137-02 or later (64bit))
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-125137-02-1
Java SE 6_x86 update 2 (as patch 125138-02 or later)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-125138-02-1
Java SE 6_x86 update 2 (as patch 125139-02 or later (64bit))
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-125139-02-1
-- For J2SE 5.0 --
J2SE 5.0 update 14 (as patch 118666-15 or later)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118666-15-1
J2SE 5.0 update 14 (as patch 118667-15 or later (64bit))
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118667-15-1
J2SE 5.0_x86 update 14 (as patch 118668-15 or later)
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118668-15-1
J2SE 5.0_x86 update 14 (as patch 118669-15 or later (64bit))
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/docume...setkey=urn:cds:docid:1-21-118669-15-1
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Changelog:
2008-02-12: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-231261-1
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