Sun Java JRE Image Parsing Vulnerabilities (102934) (Unix)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 64821

Synopsis

The remote Unix host has an application that is affected by several vulnerabilities.

Description

According to its version number, the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) installed on the remote host reportedly is affected by a buffer overflow in its image processing code as well as another issue that may cause the Java Virtual Machine to hang.

Solution

Update to Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 / JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 / SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 or later and remove, if necessary, any affected versions.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?328117fc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 64821

File Name: sun_java_jre_102934_unix.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/22/2013

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.1

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-2788

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:oracle:jre

Required KB Items: Host/Java/JRE/Installed

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/29/2007

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/16/2007

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-2788, CVE-2007-2789

BID: 24004

CWE: 189, 399