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GLSA-200701-15 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

high Nessus Plugin ID 24251

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-15 (Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)

 Chris Evans has discovered multiple buffer overflows in Sun JDK and Sun JRE possibly related to various AWT or font layout functions. Tom Hawtin has discovered an unspecified vulnerability in Sun JDK and Sun JRE relating to unintended applet data access. He has also discovered multiple other unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun JDK and Sun JRE allowing unintended Java applet or application resource acquisition.
 Impact :

 An attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted Java applet or application that could read, write, or execute local files with the privileges of the user running the JVM; access data maintained in other Java applets; or escalate the privileges of the currently running Java applet or application allowing for unauthorized access to system resources.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All Sun Java Development Kit users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose 'dev-java/sun-jdk' All Sun Java Runtime Environment users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose 'dev-java/sun-jre-bin'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200701-15

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 24251

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200701-15.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 1/26/2007

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 6.9

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sun-jdk, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:sun-jre-bin, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/22/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/19/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-6731, CVE-2006-6736, CVE-2006-6737, CVE-2006-6745

BID: 21673, 21674, 21675

GLSA: 200701-15