TITLE:
Sun Java JRE Applet Security Bypass
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA23398
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/23398/
CRITICAL:
Moderately critical
IMPACT:
Security Bypass
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4621/
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4228/
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/784/
Sun Java JRE 1.3.x
http://secunia.com/product/87/
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/1661/
Sun Java SDK 1.3.x
http://secunia.com/product/1660/
DESCRIPTION:
Two vulnerabilities have been reported in Sun Java JRE (Java Runtime
Environment), which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions.
The vulnerabilities are caused due to unspecified errors in the Java
Runtime Environment and may allow a malicious, untrusted applet to
access data in other applets.
The vulnerabilities are reported in the following versions:
SOLUTION:
Update to fixed versions.
JDK and JRE 5.0:
Update to JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 7 or later.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp
SDK and JRE 1.4.x:
Update to SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 or later.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html
SDK and JRE 1.3.x:
Update to SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 or later.
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Tom Hawtin.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102732-1
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