Sun Java JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA23445
Release Date: 2006-12-20
Last Update: 2007-01-10
Popularity: 20,224 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Privilege escalation
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-2006-6745


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) Two errors exist in the Java Runtime Environment, which can be exploited by malicious, untrusted applets to read and write local files, or to execute local applications.

2) Two errors related to serialisation exist in the Java Runtime Environment, which can be exploited by a malicious, untrusted applet to elevate its privileges.

The following releases are affected:
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 7 and prior
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and prior
* SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and prior (not affected by vulnerability #2)

Solution:
Update to fixed versions:

JDK and JRE 5.0:
Update to JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 8 or later.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

SDK and JRE 1.4.x:
Update to SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 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_19 or later.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html

Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits:
#1) Chris Evans
#2) Tom Hawtin

Changelog:
2007-01-09: Added CVE reference.
2007-01-10: Added US-CERT references.

Original Advisory:
Sun:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102731-1

http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt

Other References:
US-CERT VU#102289:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/102289

US-CERT VU#149457:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457

US-CERT VU#939609:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609


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