Detections
Analytics
CVE-2006-6731
high
Description
Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allow attackers to develop Java applets that read, write, or execute local files, possibly related to (1) integer overflows in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_convolveBI, awt_parseRaster, and awt_parseColorModel functions; (2) a stack overflow in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_lookupByteRaster function; and (3) improper handling of certain negative values in the Java_sun_font_SunLayoutEngine_nativeLayout function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.
References
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10134
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/28115
http://secunia.com/advisories/25404
http://secunia.com/advisories/25283
http://secunia.com/advisories/24468
http://secunia.com/advisories/24189
http://secunia.com/advisories/24099
http://secunia.com/advisories/23835
http://secunia.com/advisories/23650
http://secunia.com/advisories/23445
http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt
http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579