Secunia Advisory SA17748

Sun Java JRE Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory SA17748
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Release Date 2005-11-29
Last Update 2006-01-16
   
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Criticality level Highly criticalHighly critical
Impact System access
Where From remote
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Report reliability Available in Customer Area
Solution Status Vendor Patch
   
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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

Secunia CVSS Score Available in Customer Area
CVE Reference(s) CVE-2005-3904 CVSS available in Customer Area
CVE-2005-3905 CVSS available in Customer Area
CVE-2005-3906 CVSS available in Customer Area
CVE-2005-3907 CVSS available in Customer Area
  

Description
Some vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime Environment), which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

1) An unspecified error may be exploited by a malicious, untrusted applet to read and write local files or execute local applications.

The vulnerability has been reported in JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 3 and prior on Windows, Solaris and Linux platforms. SDK/JRE 1.4.2_xx and prior, and 1.3.1_xx releases are not affected.

2) Three unspecified vulnerabilities with the use of "reflection" APIs error 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 three vulnerabilities on Windows, Solaris and Linux platforms:
* SDK and JRE 1.3.1_15 and prior.
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_08 and prior.
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 3 and prior.

3) An unspecified error in the JMX (Java Management Extensions) implementation included with the JRE may be exploited by a malicious, untrusted applet to read and write local files or execute local applications.

The vulnerability has been reported in JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 3 and prior on Windows, Solaris and Linux platforms. SDK/JRE 1.4.2_xx and prior, and 1.3.1_xx releases are not affected.

Solution
Update to the fixed versions.
Further details available in Customer Area

Provided and/or discovered by
The vendor credits Adam Gowdiak.

Changelog
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Original Advisory
Sun Microsystems:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102050-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102003-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102017-1

Other references
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Subject: Sun Java JRE Sandbox Security Bypass Vulnerabilities
 
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