A Sun and Blackdown Java security update is available for Gentoo Linux

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200506-14
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http://security.gentoo.org/
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Severity: Normal
Title: Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation
Date: June 19, 2005
Bugs: #96092, #96229
ID: 200506-14

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Synopsis
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Sun's and Blackdown's JDK or JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate their privileges.



Background
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Sun and Blackdown both provide implementations of the Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Affected packages
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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-java/sun-jdk < 1.4.2.08 >= 1.4.2.08
2 dev-java/sun-jre-bin < 1.4.2.08 >= 1.4.2.08
3 dev-java/blackdown-jdk < 1.4.2.02 >= 1.4.2.02
4 dev-java/blackdown-jre < 1.4.2.02 >= 1.4.2.02
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4 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
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Description
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Both Sun's and Blackdown's JDK and JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate privileges.

Impact
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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
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There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution
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All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.08"

All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:

# 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:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02"

All Blackdown JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:

# 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.

References
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[ 1 ] Sun Security Alert ID 101749
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101749-1
[ 2 ] Blackdown Java Security Advisory
http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/security/Blackdown-SA-2005-02.txt

Availability
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This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200506-14.xml

Concerns?
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Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
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Copyright 2005 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0