Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.

According to the version of one or more Juniper NSM servers running on the remote host, it is potentially affected by multiple vulnerabilities affecting the Java software running on the host.

The version of Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6.0 installed on the remote host is affected by multiple security issues :

  - A vulnerability in the JRE could allow unauthorized     access to certain URL resources or cause a denial of     service condition while processing XML data. In order to     successfully exploit this issue, a JAX-WS client/service     included with a trusted application should process the     malicious XML content (238628).

  - A vulnerability in the JRE may allow an untrusted applet     to access information from another applet (238687).

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability in Java Web Start could     allow an untrusted applet to elevate its privileges to     read, write and execute local applications available to     users running an untrusted application (238905).

  - A vulnerability in Java Web Start could allow an     untrusted application to create or delete arbitrary     files subject to the privileges of the user running the     application (238905).

  - A vulnerability in Java Web Start may disclose the     location of Java Web Start cache (238905).

  - A vulnerability in Sun Java Management Extensions (JMX)     could allow a JMX client running on a remote host to     perform unauthorized actions on a host running JMX with     local monitoring enabled (238965).

  - A vulnerability in the JRE could allow an untrusted     applet / application to elevate its privileges to     read, write and execute local applications with the     privileges of the user running an untrusted applet     (238967, 238687).

  - A vulnerability in the JRE may allow an untrusted     applet to establish connections to services running on     the localhost and potentially exploit vulnerabilities     existing in the underlying JRE (238968).

Updated java-1.6.0-sun 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.

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains the software and tools that users need to run applets and applications written using the Java programming language.

A vulnerability was found in the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent, when local monitoring is enabled. This allowed remote attackers to perform illegal operations. (CVE-2008-3103)

Multiple vulnerabilities with unsigned applets were reported. A remote attacker could misuse an unsigned applet to connect to localhost services running on the host running the applet. (CVE-2008-3104)

Several vulnerabilities in the Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) client and service implementation were found. A remote attacker who caused malicious XML to be processed by a trusted or untrusted application was able access URLs or cause a denial of service.
(CVE-2008-3105, CVE-2008-3106)

A JRE vulnerability could be triggered by an untrusted application or applet. A remote attacker could grant an untrusted applet or application extended privileges such as being able to read and write local files, or execute local programs. (CVE-2008-3107)

Several vulnerabilities within the JRE scripting support were reported. A remote attacker could grant an untrusted applet extended privileges such as reading and writing local files, executing local programs, or querying the sensitive data of other applets.
(CVE-2008-3109, CVE-2008-3110)

A vulnerability in Java Web Start was found. A remote attacker was able to create arbitrary files with the permissions of the user running the untrusted Java Web Start application. (CVE-2008-3112)

Another vulnerability in Java Web Start when processing untrusted applications was reported. An attacker was able to acquire sensitive information, such as the cache location. (CVE-2008-3114)

Users of java-1.6.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which correct these issues.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200911-02 (Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been reported in the Sun Java     implementation. Please review the CVE identifiers referenced below and     the associated Sun Alerts for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could entice a user to open a specially crafted JAR     archive, applet, or Java Web Start application, possibly resulting in     the execution of arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running     the application. Furthermore, a remote attacker could cause a Denial of     Service affecting multiple services via several vectors, disclose     information and memory contents, write or execute local files, conduct     session hijacking attacks via GIFAR files, steal cookies, bypass the     same-origin policy, load untrusted JAR files, establish network     connections to arbitrary hosts and posts via several vectors, modify     the list of supported graphics configurations, bypass HMAC-based     authentication systems, escalate privileges via several vectors and     cause applet code to be executed with older, possibly vulnerable     versions of the JRE.
    NOTE: Some vulnerabilities require a trusted environment, user     interaction, a DNS Man-in-the-Middle or Cross-Site-Scripting attack.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

java-1.6.0-bea as shipped in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary, contains security flaws and should not be used.

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

The BEA WebLogic JRockit JRE and SDK contains BEA WebLogic JRockit Virtual Machine and is certified for the Java(tm) 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v1.6.0.

The java-1.6.0-bea packages are vulnerable to important security flaws and should no longer be used.

A flaw was found in the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent. When local monitoring was enabled, remote attackers could use this flaw to perform illegal operations. (CVE-2008-3103)

Several flaws involving the handling of unsigned applets were found. A remote attacker could misuse an unsigned applet in order to connect to services on the host running the applet. (CVE-2008-3104)

Several flaws in the Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) client and the JAX-WS service implementation were found. A remote attacker who could cause malicious XML to be processed by an application could access URLs, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3105, CVE-2008-3106)

Several flaws within the Java Runtime Environment's (JRE) scripting support were found. A remote attacker could grant an untrusted applet extended privileges, such as reading and writing local files, executing local programs, or querying the sensitive data of other applets. (CVE-2008-3109, CVE-2008-3110)

The vulnerabilities concerning applets listed above can only be triggered in java-1.6.0-bea, by calling the 'appletviewer' application.

BEA was acquired by Oracle(r) during 2008 (the acquisition was completed on April 29, 2008). Consequently, JRockit is now an Oracle offering and these issues are addressed in the current release of Oracle JRockit. Due to a license change by Oracle, however, Red Hat is unable to ship Oracle JRockit.

Users who wish to continue using JRockit should get an update directly from Oracle: http://oracle.com/technology/software/products/jrockit/.

Alternatives to Oracle JRockit include the Java 2 Technology Edition of the IBM(r) Developer Kit for Linux and the Sun(tm) Java SE Development Kit (JDK), both of which are available on the Extras or Supplementary channels. For Java 6 users, the new OpenJDK open source JDK will be included in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.3 and will be supported by Red Hat.

This update removes the java-1.6.0-bea packages due to their known security vulnerabilities.

Updated java-1.6.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 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.

The IBM 1.6.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

A flaw was found in the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent. When local monitoring is enabled, remote attackers could use this flaw to perform illegal operations. (CVE-2008-3103)

Several flaws involving the handling of unsigned applets were found. A remote attacker could misuse an unsigned applet in order to connect to services on the host running the applet. (CVE-2008-3104)

Several flaws in the Java API for XML Web Services (JAX-WS) client and the JAX-WS service implementation were found. A remote attacker who could cause malicious XML to be processed by an application could access URLs, or cause a denial of service. (CVE-2008-3105, CVE-2008-3106)

Several flaws within the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) scripting support were found. A remote attacker could grant an untrusted applet extended privileges, such as reading and writing local files, executing local programs, or querying the sensitive data of other applets. (CVE-2008-3109, CVE-2008-3110)

A flaw in Java Web Start was found. Using an untrusted Java Web Start application, a remote attacker could create or delete arbitrary files with the permissions of the user running the untrusted application.
(CVE-2008-3112)

A flaw in Java Web Start when processing untrusted applications was found. An attacker could use this flaw to acquire sensitive information, such as the location of the cache. (CVE-2008-3114)

All users of java-1.6.0-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, containing the IBM 1.6.0 SR2 Java release, which resolves these issues.

a.  Privilege escalation on 64-bit guest operating systems

  VMware products emulate hardware functions, like CPU, Memory, and   IO.  

  A flaw in VMware's CPU hardware emulation could allow the   virtual CPU to jump to an incorrect memory address. Exploitation of   this issue on the guest operating system does not lead to a   compromise of the host system but could lead to a privilege   escalation on guest operating system.  An attacker would need to   have a user account on the guest operating system.

  Affected   64-bit Windows and 64-bit FreeBSD guest operating systems and   possibly other 64-bit operating systems. The issue does not   affect the 64-bit versions of Linux guest operating systems.

  VMware would like to thank Derek Soeder for discovering   this issue and working with us on its remediation.

  The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)   has assigned the name CVE-2008-4279 this issue.

 b. Update for VirtualCenter fixes a potential information disclosure

 This release resolves an issue where a user's password could be  displayed in cleartext. When logging into VirtualCenter Server 2.0  with Virtual Infrastructure Client 2.5, the user password might be  displayed if it contains certain special characters. The dialog  box displaying the password can appear in front or hidden behind  other windows.

 To remediate this issue the VirtualCenter client installations must  be updated after updating to VirtualCenter Update 3

 VMware would like to thank Mark Woollatt for reporting this issue  to VMware.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)  has assigned the name CVE-2008-4278 to this issue.

 c. Update for VirtualCenter updates JRE to version 1.5.0_16

 Update for VirtualCenter updates the JRE package to version 1.5.0_16,  which addresses multiple security issues that existed in the previous  version of JRE.

 The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)  has assigned the names CVE-2008-3103, CVE-2008-3104, CVE-2008-3105,  CVE-2008-3106, CVE-2008-3107, CVE-2008-3108, CVE-2008-3109,  CVE-2008-3110, CVE-2008-3111, CVE-2008-3112, CVE-2008-3113,  CVE-2008-3114, CVE-2008-3115 to the security issues fixed in  JRE 1.5.0_16.

This update brings the SUN JDK 6 to update level 7.

CVE-2008-3115: Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.

CVE-2008-3114: Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information (the cache location) via an untrusted application, aka CR 6704074. 

CVE-2008-3112: Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via an untrusted application, aka CR 6703909. 

CVE-2008-3111: Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated by an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files, (2) write to local files, or (3) execute local programs, aka CR 6557220.

CVE-2008-3110: Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by using an applet to read information from another applet. 

CVE-2008-3109: Unspecified vulnerability in scripting language support in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs. 

CVE-2008-3107: Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.

CVE-2008-3106: Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 15 and earlier allows remote attackers to access URLs via unknown vectors involving processing of XML data by an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, a different vulnerability than CVE-2008-3105. 

CVE-2008-3105: Unspecified vulnerability in the JAX-WS client and service in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier allows remote attackers to access URLs or cause a denial of service via unknown vectors involving 'processing of XML data' by a trusted application. 

CVE-2008-3104: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_23 allow remote attackers to violate the security model for an applet's outbound connections by connecting to localhost services running on the machine that loaded the applet. 

CVE-2008-3103: Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 15 and earlier, when local monitoring is enabled, allows remote attackers to 'perform unauthorized operations' via unspecified vectors.

The remote Mac OS X 10.4 host is running a version of Java for Mac OS X that is older than release 7.

The remote version of this software contains several security vulnerabilities which may allow a rogue java applet to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

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

The remote Mac OS X 10.5 host is running a version of Java for Mac OS X that is missing update 2.

The remote version of this software contains several security vulnerabilities that may allow a rogue Java applet to execute arbitrary code on the remote host.

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

The version of Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 6.0 installed on the remote host is affected by multiple security issues :

  - A vulnerability in the JRE could allow unauthorized     access to certain URL resources or cause a denial of     service condition while processing XML data. In order to     successfully exploit this issue a JAX-WS client/service     included with a trusted application should process the     malicious XML content (238628).

  - A vulnerability in the JRE may allow an untrusted applet     to access information from another applet (238687).

  - A buffer overflow vulnerability in Java Web Start could     allow an untrusted applet to elevate its privileges to     read, write and execute local applications available to     users running an untrusted application (238905).

  - A vulnerability in Java Web Start, could allow an     untrusted application to create or delete arbitrary     files subject to the privileges of the user running the     application (238905).

  - A vulnerability in Java Web Start, may disclose the     location of Java Web Start cache (238905).

  - An implementation defect in the JRE may allow an applet     designed to run 'only' on JRE 5.0 Update 6 or later may     run on older releases of the JRE. Note this only affects     Windows Vista releases of the JRE (238966).

  - Vulnerability in Sun Java Management Extensions (JMX)     could allow a JMX client running on a remote host to     perform unauthorized actions on a host running JMX with     local monitoring enabled (238965).

  - A vulnerability in the JRE could allow an untrusted     applet / application to elevate its privileges to read,     write and execute local applications with privileges of     the user running an untrusted applet (238967,238687).

  - A vulnerability in the JRE may allow an untrusted applet     to establish connections to services running on the     localhost and potentially exploit vulnerabilities     existing in the underlying JRE (238968).

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
69874	Juniper NSM Servers Multiple Java JDK/JRE Vulnerabilities (PSN-2012-08-689)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
64833	Sun Java JDK/JRE 6 < Update 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (Unix)	Nessus	Misc.	critical
63858	RHEL 5 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2008:0594)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
42834	GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	critical
40735	RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.6.0-bea (RHSA-2008:1045)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	high
40728	RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.6.0-ibm (RHSA-2008:0906)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	critical
40383	VMSA-2008-0016 : VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues	Nessus	VMware ESX Local Security Checks	critical
40001	openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-sun (java-1_6_0-sun-97)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
34291	Mac OS X : Java for Mac OS X 10.4 Release 7	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
34290	Mac OS X : Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2	Nessus	MacOS X Local Security Checks	high
34038	openSUSE 10 Security Update : java-1_6_0-sun (java-1_6_0-sun-5435)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	critical
33488	Sun Java JDK/JRE 6 < Update 7 Multiple Vulnerabilities	Nessus	Windows	high

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