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BEA JRockit Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29841
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Release Date:
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2008-04-17
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Popularity:
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3,019 views
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
DoS
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: | BEA JRockit 1.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2008-0628
CVE-2008-0657
CVE-2008-1187
CVE-2008-1192
CVE-2008-1193
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Description:
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in BEA JRockit, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions, cause a DoS (Denial of Service), or compromise a user's system.
1) An error in the processing of external XML entity references can be exploited to access restricted URLs or trigger a crash.
For more information:
SA28746
2) Multiple unspecified errors in the handling of Java applets can be exploited to read, write, or execute local files.
For more information:
SA28795
3) An unspecified error in the processing of XSLT transformations can be exploited to access certain URLs and potentially execute arbitrary code.
For more information see vulnerability #2 in:
SA29239
4) An unspecified error in the Java Plug-in can be exploited to execute local applications.
For more information see vulnerability #8 in:
SA29239
5) Multiple errors in the processing of ICC profiles can be exploited to write local files and execute local applications.
For more information see vulnerability #9 in:
SA29239
The vulnerabilities are reported in BEA JRockit R27.5.0 and prior.
Solution:
Apply vendor patches (please see the vendor's advisory for more details).
Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.
Original Advisory:
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/277
Other References:
SA28746:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28746/
SA28795:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28795/
SA29239:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29239/
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