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Gentoo update for sun-jdk/sun-jre-bin
Secunia Advisory: SA18884
Release Date: 2006-02-15
Popularity: 6,007 views

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

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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


Description:
Gentoo has issued updates for sun-jdk and sun-jre-bin. These fix some vulnerabilities, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA18760

Solution:
Apply updated packages.

Sun JDK:
Update to "dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.10" or later.

Sun JRE:
Update to "dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.10" or later.

Original Advisory:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200602-07.xml

Other References:
SA18760:
http://secunia.com/advisories/18760/


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