Executive Summary

Summary
Title java-1.5.0-sun security update
Informations
Name RHSA-2008:0123 First vendor Publication 2008-02-12
Vendor RedHat Last vendor Modification 2008-02-12
Severity (Vendor) Critical Revision 01

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Cvss Base Score 10 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 10 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Problem Description:

Updated java-1.5.0-sun packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary.

This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64 RHEL Desktop Supplementary (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64 RHEL Supplementary (v. 5 server) - i386, x86_64

3. Description:

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains the software and tools that users need to run applets and applications written using the Java programming language.

These updated java-1.5.0-sun packages resolve the following security issues:

Two vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment allowed an untrusted application or applet to elevate the assigned privileges. This could be misused by a malicious website to read and write local files or execute local applications in the context of the user running the Java process. (CVE-2008-0657)

Users of java-1.5.0-sun should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain backported patches to correct these issues.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at http://kbase.redhat.com/faq/FAQ_58_10188

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

431861 - CVE-2008-0657 java-1.5.0 Privilege escalation via unstrusted applet and application

Original Source

Url : https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0123.html

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11505
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11505
Title: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
Description: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2008-0657
 Version: 3
Platform(s): Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 4
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras 5
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22586
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22586
Title: ELSA-2008:0123: java-1.5.0-sun security update (Critical)
Description: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0123-01
CVE-2008-0657
 Version: 6
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): java-1.5.0-sun
Definition Synopsis:
Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22691
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:22691
Title: ELSA-2008:0156: java-1.5.0-bea security update (Moderate)
Description: Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 13 and earlier, allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): ELSA-2008:0156-02
CVE-2007-5232
CVE-2007-5239
CVE-2007-5240
CVE-2007-5273
CVE-2008-0657
 Version: 25
Platform(s): Oracle Linux 5
 Product(s): java-1.5.0-bea
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 324
Application 356

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-10-13 Name : SLES10: Security update for IBM Java 1.5.0
File : nvt/sles10_java-1_5_0-ibm4.nasl
2009-01-23 Name : SuSE Update for IBMJava2,IBMJava5,java-1_4_2-ibm,java-1_5_0-ibm SUSE-SA:2008...
File : nvt/gb_suse_2008_025.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-20 (sun-jdk, sun-jre-bin, emul-linux-x86...
File : nvt/glsa_200804_20.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200804-28 (jrockit-jdk-bin)
File : nvt/glsa_200804_28.nasl
2008-09-24 Name : Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200806-11 (ibm-jdk-bin ibm-jre-bin)
File : nvt/glsa_200806_11.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
41147 Sun Java JDK / JRE Unspecified Applet Handling Privilege Escalation (6529591)
41146 Sun Java JDK / JRE Unspecified Applet Handling Privilege Escalation (6529590)

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2013-02-22 Name : The remote Unix host has an application that is affected by privilege escalat...
File : sun_java_jre_231261_unix.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0123.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0156.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-08-24 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2008-0210.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2009-07-27 Name : The remote VMware ESX host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2008-0010.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-25 Name : The remote SuSE 10 host is missing a security-related patch.
File : suse_java-1_5_0-ibm-5183.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-04-22 Name : The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : gentoo_GLSA-200804-20.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2008-03-04 Name : The remote Windows host has an application that is affected by privilege esca...
File : sun_java_jre_231261.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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