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Ubuntu 8.10 : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-748-1)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 36366
Synopsis
The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.Description
It was discovered that font creation could leak temporary files. If a user were tricked into loading a malicious program or applet, a remote attacker could consume disk space, leading to a denial of service.(CVE-2006-2426, CVE-2009-1100)
It was discovered that the lightweight HttpServer did not correctly close files on dataless connections. A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests, leading to a denial of service.
(CVE-2009-1101)
The Java Runtime Environment did not correctly validate certain generated code. If a user were tricked into running a malicious applet a remote attacker could execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2009-1102)
It was discovered that LDAP connections did not close correctly. A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1093)
Java LDAP routines did not unserialize certain data correctly. A remote attacker could send specially crafted requests that could lead to arbitrary code execution. (CVE-2009-1094)
Java did not correctly check certain JAR headers. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a malicious JAR file, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1095, CVE-2009-1096)
It was discovered that PNG and GIF decoding in Java could lead to memory corruption. If a user or automated system were tricked into processing a specially crafted image, a remote attacker could crash the application, leading to a denial of service. (CVE-2009-1097, CVE-2009-1098).
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 36366
File Name: ubuntu_USN-748-1.nasl
Version: 1.19
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Ubuntu Local Security Checks
Published: 4/23/2009
Updated: 1/19/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.0
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Temporal Score: 7.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-lib, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre-headless, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-demo, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jre, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-source, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-jdk, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-source-files, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:8.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:icedtea6-plugin, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-dbg, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:openjdk-6-doc
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 3/26/2009
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2006-2426, CVE-2009-1093, CVE-2009-1094, CVE-2009-1095, CVE-2009-1096, CVE-2009-1097, CVE-2009-1098, CVE-2009-1100, CVE-2009-1101, CVE-2009-1102
BID: 34240