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Sun JRE Font Parsing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA26402
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Release Date:
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2007-08-16
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Last Update:
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2007-10-30
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Critical:
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Highly critical
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Impact:
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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: | Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
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| | CVE reference: | CVE-2007-4381 (Secunia mirror)
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun JRE, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.
The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the parsing of fonts contained in Java applets. This can be exploited by malicious, untrusted applets to read and write local files, or to execute local applications.
The vulnerability is reported in the following products:
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and earlier
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier
SDK and JRE 1.3.1_xx are not affected by the vulnerability.
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Solution:
Update to the latest versions or apply patches:
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 or later
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp
SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 or later
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
The latest J2SE 5.0 Update Release for Solaris is also available in the following patches:
* J2SE 5.0: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118666-12)
* J2SE 5.0: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118667-12 (64bit))
* J2SE 5.0_x86: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118668-12)
* J2SE 5.0_x86: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118669-12 (64bit))
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits John Heasman of NGSSoftware.
Changelog:
2007-08-22: Added CVE reference.
2007-10-30: Added reporter link to the "Original Advisory" section.
Original Advisory:
Sun Microsystems:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103024-1
NGSSoftware:
http://www.ngssoftware.com/advisories...rability-in-java-virtual-machine-ttf/
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