1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200506-14 / sun-jdk sun-jre-bin blackdown-jre blackdown-jdk |
| Release Date | June 19, 2005 |
| Latest Revision | June 19, 2005: 01 |
| Impact | normal |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-java/sun-jdk | < 1.4.2.08 | >= 1.4.2.08 | All supported architectures |
| dev-java/sun-jre-bin | < 1.4.2.08 | >= 1.4.2.08 | All supported architectures |
| dev-java/blackdown-jdk | < 1.4.2.02 | >= 1.4.2.02 | All supported architectures |
| dev-java/blackdown-jre | < 1.4.2.02 | >= 1.4.2.02 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #96092, #96229
Sun's and Blackdown's JDK or JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate their privileges.
Sun and Blackdown both provide implementations of the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE).
Both Sun's and Blackdown's JDK and JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate privileges.
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.
There are no known workarounds at this time.
All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.08" |
All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.2: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.08" |
All Blackdown JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.3: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02" |
All Blackdown JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.4: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02" |
Note to SPARC users: There is no stable secure Blackdown Java for the SPARC architecture. Affected users should remove the package until a SPARC package is released.