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[GLSA-200701-15] Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

Vulnerability Assessment Summary Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities Detailed Explanation for this Vulnerability Assessment The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200701-15 (Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities) Chris Evans has discovered multiple buffer overflows in Sun JDK and Sun JRE possibly related to various AWT or font layout functions. Tom Hawtin has discovered an unspecified vulnerability in Sun JDK and Sun JRE relating to unintended applet data access. He has also discovered multiple other unspecified vulnerabilities in Sun JDK and Sun JRE permiting unintended Java applet or application resource acquisition. Impact A possible hacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted Java applet or application that could read, write, or execute local files with the rights of the user running the JVM access data maintained in other Java applets or escalate the rights of the currently running Java applet or application permiting for unauthorized access to system resources. Workaround There is no known workaround at this time. References: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6731 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6736 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6737 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-6745 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" Network Security Threat Level: Medium Networks Security ID: Vulnerability Assessment Copyright: (C) 2007 Michel Arboi

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