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GLSA-200601-10 : Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation

high Nessus Plugin ID 20731

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-200601-10 (Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation)

 Adam Gowdiak discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment's Reflection APIs that may allow untrusted applets to elevate privileges.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could embed a malicious Java applet in a web page and entice a victim to view it. This applet can then bypass security restrictions and execute any command or access any file with the rights of the user running the web browser.
 Workaround :

 There are no known workarounds at this time.

Solution

All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.09' All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.09' All Blackdown JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03' All Blackdown JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03' Note to SPARC and PPC users: There is no stable secure Blackdown Java for the SPARC or PPC architectures. Affected users on the PPC architecture should consider switching to the IBM Java packages (ibm-jdk-bin and ibm-jre-bin). Affected users on the SPARC should remove the package until a SPARC package is released.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?aadbb9dc

http://www.nessus.org/u?e6562158

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200601-10

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20731

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200601-10.nasl

Version: 1.18

Type: local

Published: 1/17/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:blackdown-jdk, p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:blackdown-jre, 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: 1/16/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3905, CVE-2005-3906

BID: 15615

GLSA: 200601-10