Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized actions via an application that grants privileges to itself, related to "Incorrect Use of System Classes" and probably related to support for JNLP files.

According to its version number, the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on the remote host reportedly may allow an untrusted application to elevate its privileges.

Red Hat Network Satellite Server version 4.2.3 is now available. This update includes fixes for a number of security issues in Red Hat Network Satellite Server components.

This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

This release corrects several security vulnerabilities in various components shipped as part of the Red Hat Network Satellite Server 4.2. In a typical operating environment, these components are not exposed to users of Satellite Server in a vulnerable manner. These security updates will reduce risk in unique Satellite Server environments.

Multiple flaws were fixed in the Apache HTTPD server. These flaws could result in a cross-site scripting, denial-of-service, or information disclosure attacks. (CVE-2004-0885, CVE-2006-5752, CVE-2006-7197, CVE-2007-1860, CVE-2007-3304, CVE-2007-4465, CVE-2007-5000, CVE-2007-6388)

A denial-of-service flaw was fixed in mod_perl. (CVE-2007-1349)

A denial-of-service flaw was fixed in the jabberd server.
(CVE-2006-1329)

Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were fixed in the image map feature in the JFreeChart package. (CVE-2007-6306)

Multiple flaws were fixed in the IBM Java 1.4.2 Runtime.
(CVE-2007-0243, CVE-2007-2435, CVE-2007-2788, CVE-2007-2789)

Multiple flaws were fixed in the OpenMotif package. (CVE-2004-0687, CVE-2004-0688, CVE-2004-0914, CVE-2005-3964, CVE-2005-0605)

A flaw which could result in weak encryption was fixed in the perl-Crypt-CBC package. (CVE-2006-0898)

Multiple flaws were fixed in the Tomcat package. (CVE-2008-0128, CVE-2007-5461, CVE-2007-3385, CVE-2007-3382, CVE-2007-1358, CVE-2007-1355, CVE-2007-2450, CVE-2007-2449, CVE-2007-0450, CVE-2006-7196, CVE-2006-7195, CVE-2006-3835, CVE-2006-0254, CVE-2005-2090, CVE-2005-4838, CVE-2005-3510)

Users of Red Hat Network Satellite Server 4.2 are advised to upgrade to 4.2.3, which resolves these issues.

Red Hat Network Satellite Server version 5.0.2 is now available. This update includes fixes for a number of security issues in Red Hat Network Satellite Server components.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

During an internal security review, a cross-site scripting flaw was found that affected the Red Hat Network channel search feature.
(CVE-2007-5961)

This release also corrects several security vulnerabilities in various components shipped as part of the Red Hat Network Satellite Server. In a typical operating environment, these components are not exposed to users of Satellite Server in a vulnerable manner. These security updates will reduce risk in unique Satellite Server environments.

Multiple flaws were fixed in the Apache HTTPD server. These flaws could result in a cross-site scripting, denial-of-service, or information disclosure attacks. (CVE-2004-0885, CVE-2006-5752, CVE-2006-7197, CVE-2007-1860, CVE-2007-3304, CVE-2007-4465, CVE-2007-5000, CVE-2007-6388)

A denial-of-service flaw was fixed in mod_perl. (CVE-2007-1349)

A denial-of-service flaw was fixed in the jabberd server.
(CVE-2006-1329)

Multiple cross-site scripting flaws were fixed in the image map feature in the JFreeChart package. (CVE-2007-6306)

Multiple flaws were fixed in the IBM Java 1.4.2 Runtime.
(CVE-2007-0243, CVE-2007-2435, CVE-2007-2788, CVE-2007-2789)

Two arbitrary code execution flaws were fixed in the OpenMotif package. (CVE-2005-3964, CVE-2005-0605)

A flaw which could result in weak encryption was fixed in the perl-Crypt-CBC package. (CVE-2006-0898)

Multiple flaws were fixed in the Tomcat package. (CVE-2008-0128, CVE-2007-5461, CVE-2007-3385, CVE-2007-3382, CVE-2007-1358, CVE-2007-1355, CVE-2007-2450, CVE-2007-2449, CVE-2007-0450, CVE-2006-7196, CVE-2006-7195, CVE-2006-3835, CVE-2006-0254, CVE-2005-2090, CVE-2005-4838, CVE-2005-3510)

Users of Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.0 are advised to upgrade to 5.0.2, which resolves these issues.

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

IBM's 1.5.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

A security vulnerability in the Java Web Start component was discovered. An untrusted application could elevate it's privileges, allowing it to read and write local files that are accessible to the user running the Java Web Start application. (CVE-2007-2435)

A buffer overflow in the Java Runtime Environment image handling code was found. An untrusted applet or application could use this flaw to elevate its privileges and potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running the java virtual machine. (CVE-2007-2788, CVE-2007-2789, CVE-2007-3004)

An unspecified vulnerability was discovered in the Java Runtime Environment. An untrusted applet or application could cause the java virtual machine to become unresponsive. (CVE-2007-3005)

The Javadoc tool was able to generate HTML documentation pages that contained cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could use this to inject arbitrary web script or HTML.
(CVE-2007-3503)

The Java Web Start URL parsing component contains a buffer overflow vulnerability within the parsing code for JNLP files. A remote attacker could create a malicious JNLP file that could trigger this flaw and execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2007-3655)

A flaw was found in the applet class loader. An untrusted applet could use this flaw to circumvent network access restrictions, possibly connecting to services hosted on the machine that executed the applet.
(CVE-2007-3922)

All users of java-ibm-1.5.0 should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain IBM's 1.5.0 SR5a Java release that resolves these issues.

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages to correct a set of security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 and 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

IBM's 1.4.2 SR9 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

A security vulnerability in the Java Web Start component was discovered. An untrusted application could elevate it's privileges and read and write local files that are accessible to the user running the Java Web Start application. (CVE-2007-2435)

A buffer overflow in the image code JRE was found. An untrusted applet or application could use this flaw to elevate its privileges and potentially execute arbitrary code as the user running the java virtual machine. (CVE-2007-3004)

An unspecified vulnerability was discovered in the Java Runtime Environment. An untrusted applet or application could cause the java virtual machine to become unresponsive. (CVE-2007-3005)

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain IBM's 1.4.2 SR9 Java release that resolves these issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200804-20 (Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Sun Java:
    Daniel Soeder discovered that a long codebase attribute string in a     JNLP file will overflow a stack variable when launched by Java WebStart     (CVE-2007-3655).
    Multiple vulnerabilities (CVE-2007-2435, CVE-2007-2788,     CVE-2007-2789) that were previously reported as GLSA 200705-23 and GLSA     200706-08 also affect 1.4 and 1.6 SLOTs, which was not mentioned in the     initial revision of said GLSAs.
    The Zero Day Initiative, TippingPoint and John Heasman reported     multiple buffer overflows and unspecified vulnerabilities in Java Web     Start (CVE-2008-1188, CVE-2008-1189, CVE-2008-1190,     CVE-2008-1191).
    Hisashi Kojima of Fujitsu and JPCERT/CC reported a security issue     when performing XSLT transformations (CVE-2008-1187).
    CERT/CC reported a Stack-based buffer overflow in Java Web Start     when using JNLP files (CVE-2008-1196).
    Azul Systems reported an unspecified vulnerability that allows     applets to escalate their privileges (CVE-2007-5689).
    Billy Rios, Dan Boneh, Collin Jackson, Adam Barth, Andrew Bortz,     Weidong Shao, and David Byrne discovered multiple instances where Java     applets or JavaScript programs run within browsers do not pin DNS     hostnames to a single IP address, allowing for DNS rebinding attacks     (CVE-2007-5232, CVE-2007-5273, CVE-2007-5274).
    Peter Csepely reported that Java Web Start does not properly     enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications (CVE-2007-5237,     CVE-2007-5238).
    Java Web Start does not properly enforce access restrictions for     untrusted Java applications and applets, when handling drag-and-drop     operations (CVE-2007-5239).
    Giorgio Maone discovered that warnings for untrusted code can be     hidden under applications' windows (CVE-2007-5240).
    Fujitsu reported two security issues where security restrictions of     web applets and applications were not properly enforced (CVE-2008-1185,     CVE-2008-1186).
    John Heasman of NGSSoftware discovered that the Java Plug-in does     not properly enforce the same origin policy (CVE-2008-1192).
    Chris Evans of the Google Security Team discovered multiple     unspecified vulnerabilities within the Java Runtime Environment Image     Parsing Library (CVE-2008-1193, CVE-2008-1194).
    Gregory Fleischer reported that web content fetched via the 'jar:'     protocol was not subject to network access restrictions     (CVE-2008-1195).
    Chris Evans and Johannes Henkel of the Google Security Team     reported that the XML parsing code retrieves external entities even     when that feature is disabled (CVE-2008-0628).
    Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities might allow for escalation of     privileges (CVE-2008-0657).
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted applet     on a website or start an application in Java Web Start to execute     arbitrary code outside of the Java sandbox and of the Java security     restrictions with the privileges of the user running Java. The attacker     could also obtain sensitive information, create, modify, rename and     read local files, execute local applications, establish connections in     the local network, bypass the same origin policy, and cause a Denial of     Service via multiple vectors.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote Mac OS X 10.4 host is running a version of Java for Mac OS X that is older than release 6.

The remote version of this software contains several security vulnerabilities that may allow a rogue Java applet to escalate its privileges and to add or remove arbitrary items from the user's KeyChain.

To exploit these flaws, an attacker would need to lure an attacker into executing a rogue Java applet.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200706-08 (emul-linux-x86-java: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Chris Evans of the Google Security Team has discovered an integer     overflow in the ICC parser, and another vulnerability in the BMP     parser. An unspecified vulnerability involving an 'incorrect use of     system classes' was reported by the Fujitsu security team.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted     image, possibly resulting in the execution of arbitrary code with the     privileges of the user running Emul-linux-x86-java. They also could     entice a user to open a specially crafted BMP image, resulting in a     Denial of Service. Note that these vulnerabilities may also be     triggered by a tool processing image files automatically.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200705-23 (Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    An unspecified vulnerability involving an 'incorrect use of system     classes' was reported by the Fujitsu security team. Additionally, Chris     Evans from the Google Security Team reported an integer overflow     resulting in a buffer overflow in the ICC parser used with JPG or BMP     files, and an incorrect open() call to /dev/tty when processing certain     BMP files.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted Java     class or applet that will trigger one of the vulnerabilities. This     could lead to the execution of arbitrary code outside of the Java     sandbox and of the Java security restrictions, or crash the Java     application or the browser.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
64820	Sun Java Web Start Unauthorized Access (102881) (Unix)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
43837	RHEL 3 / 4 : Satellite Server (RHSA-2008:0524)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
43835	RHEL 4 : Satellite Server (RHSA-2008:0261)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
40706	RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-ibm (RHSA-2007:0829)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
40705	RHEL 3 / 4 / 5 : java-1.4.2-ibm (RHSA-2007:0817)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
32013	GLSA-200804-20 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
29702	Mac OS X : Java for Mac OS X 10.4 Release 6	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	critical
25593	GLSA-200706-08 : emul-linux-x86-java: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
25382	GLSA-200705-23 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
25124	Sun Java Web Start Unauthorized Access (102881)	Nessus	Windows	high

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