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Gentoo blackdown-jdk and blackdown-jre Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA25404
Release Date: 2007-05-28
Popularity: 4,542 views

Critical:
Highly critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Privilege escalation
System access
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Workaround

OS:Gentoo Linux 1.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2006-6731
CVE-2006-6736
CVE-2006-6737
CVE-2006-6745


Description:
Gentoo has acknowledged some vulnerabilities in blackdown-jdk and blackdown-jre, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security restrictions and compromise a user's system.

For more information:
SA23398
SA23445

Solution:
The vendor recommends re-emerging "dev-java/blackdown-jdk" and "dev-java/blackdown-jre" without the "nsplugin" USE flag.

Original Advisory:
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml

Other References:
SA23398:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23398/

SA23445:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23445/


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