GLSA-200806-11 : IBM JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

medium Nessus Plugin ID 33265

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-200806-11 (IBM JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)

Because of sharing the same codebase, IBM JDK and JRE are affected by the vulnerabilities mentioned in GLSA 200804-20.
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.

Solution

All IBM JDK 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin-1.5.0.7' All IBM JDK 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin-1.4.2.11' All IBM JRE 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/ibm-jre-bin-1.5.0.7' All IBM JRE 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/ibm-jre-bin-1.4.2.11'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200804-20

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200806-11

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 33265

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200806-11.nasl

Version: 1.23

Type: local

Published: 6/26/2008

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 6/25/2008

Reference Information

GLSA: 200806-11