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GLSA-200705-23 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
critical Nessus Plugin ID 25382
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-200705-23 (Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities)An unspecified vulnerability involving an 'incorrect use of system classes' was reported by the Fujitsu security team. Additionally, Chris Evans from the Google Security Team reported an integer overflow resulting in a buffer overflow in the ICC parser used with JPG or BMP files, and an incorrect open() call to /dev/tty when processing certain BMP files.
Impact :
A remote attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted Java class or applet that will trigger one of the vulnerabilities. This could lead to the execution of arbitrary code outside of the Java sandbox and of the Java security restrictions, or crash the Java application or the browser.
Workaround :
There is no known workaround at this time.
Solution
All Sun Java Development Kit users should upgrade to the latest version:# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose 'dev-java/sun-jdk' All Sun Java Runtime Environment users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose 'dev-java/sun-jre-bin'
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Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 25382
File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200705-23.nasl
Version: 1.18
Type: local
Family: Gentoo Local Security Checks
Published: 6/4/2007
Updated: 1/6/2021
Supported Sensors: Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.1
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 10
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: 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
Patch Publication Date: 5/31/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/1/2007