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Sun JRE Applet Handling Two Vulnerabilities
Secunia Advisory: SA28795
Release Date: 2008-02-06
Last Update: 2008-02-12
Popularity: 19,222 views

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

Software:Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
Sun Java JDK 1.6.x
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x

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Description:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun JRE, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors within the handling of Java applets. These can be exploited by malicious, untrusted applets to read and write local files, or to execute local applications.

The vulnerabilities are reported in the following products (for Windows, Solaris, and Linux):
* JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 13 and earlier

Change Page:
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