CVE-2009-3884

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Description

The TimeZone.getTimeZone method in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local files via vectors related to handling of zoneinfo (aka tz) files, aka Bug Id 6824265.

References

http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html

http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00000.html

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Dec/msg00001.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

http://secunia.com/advisories/37581

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3969

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3970

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530300

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11686

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6960

Details

Source: MITRE

Published: 2009-11-09

Updated: 2017-09-19

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Impact Score: 2.9

Exploitability Score: 10

Severity: MEDIUM

Vulnerable Software

Configuration 1

OR

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_17:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_19:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_20:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 1.5.0 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to 1.6.0 (inclusive)

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*

cpe:2.3:a:sun:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Tenable Plugins

View all (22 total)

IDNameProductFamilySeverity
89736VMware ESX Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Multiple Vulnerabilities (VMSA-2010-0002) (remote check)NessusVMware ESX Local Security Checks
critical
67960Oracle Linux 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ELSA-2009-1584)NessusOracle Linux Local Security Checks
critical
67075CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2009:1584)NessusCentOS Local Security Checks
critical
64831Sun Java JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities (269868 / 269869 / 270476 ...) (Unix)NessusMisc.
high
60691Scientific Linux Security Update : java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64NessusScientific Linux Local Security Checks
high
53539RHEL 4 : Sun Java Runtime in Satellite Server (RHSA-2009:1662)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
46176Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : java-1.6.0-openjdk (MDVSA-2010:084)NessusMandriva Local Security Checks
high
45386VMSA-2010-0002 : VMware vCenter update release addresses multiple security issues in Java JRENessusVMware ESX Local Security Checks
critical
43003Mac OS X : Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 1NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high
43002Mac OS X : Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 6NessusMacOS X Local Security Checks
high
42926openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-openjdk (java-1_6_0-openjdk-1613)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
42923openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-openjdk (java-1_6_0-openjdk-1613)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
42921openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-openjdk (java-1_6_0-openjdk-1613)NessusSuSE Local Security Checks
high
42834GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilitiesNessusGentoo Local Security Checks
critical
42828RHEL 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (RHSA-2009:1584)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
42817Ubuntu 8.10 / 9.04 / 9.10 : openjdk-6 vulnerabilities (USN-859-1)NessusUbuntu Local Security Checks
critical
42806Fedora 10 : java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-23.b16.fc10 (2009-11490)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
42805Fedora 12 : java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-33.b16.fc12 (2009-11489)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
42802Fedora 11 : java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-30.b16.fc11 (2009-11486)NessusFedora Local Security Checks
high
42455RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-sun (RHSA-2009:1571)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
42431RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.6.0-sun (RHSA-2009:1560)NessusRed Hat Local Security Checks
critical
42373Sun Java JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities (269868 / 269869 / 270476 ..)NessusWindows
high