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diff --git a/metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-28.xml b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-28.xml new file mode 100644 index 000000000000..5cf43afeba3a --- /dev/null +++ b/metadata/glsa/glsa-200503-28.xml @@ -0,0 +1,82 @@ +<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> +<!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> + +<glsa id="200503-28"> + <title>Sun Java: Web Start argument injection vulnerability</title> + <synopsis> + Java Web Start JNLP files can be abused to evade sandbox restriction and + execute arbitrary code. + </synopsis> + <product type="ebuild">Java</product> + <announced>March 24, 2005</announced> + <revised>May 22, 2006: 02</revised> + <bug>85804</bug> + <access>remote</access> + <affected> + <package name="dev-java/sun-jdk" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.07</unaffected> + <unaffected range="lt">1.4.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.07</vulnerable> + </package> + <package name="dev-java/sun-jre-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> + <unaffected range="ge">1.4.2.07</unaffected> + <unaffected range="lt">1.4.2</unaffected> + <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.07</vulnerable> + </package> + </affected> + <background> + <p> + Sun provides implementations of Java Development Kits (JDK) and Java + Runtime Environments (JRE). These implementations provide the Java Web + Start technology that can be used for easy client-side deployment of + Java applications. + </p> + </background> + <description> + <p> + Jouko Pynnonen discovered that Java Web Start contains a vulnerability + in the way it handles property tags in JNLP files. + </p> + </description> + <impact type="normal"> + <p> + By enticing a user to open a malicious JNLP file, a remote attacker + could pass command line arguments to the Java Virtual machine, which + can be used to bypass the Java "sandbox" and to execute arbitrary code + with the permissions of the user running the application. + </p> + </impact> + <workaround> + <p> + There is no known workaround at this time. + </p> + </workaround> + <resolution> + <p> + All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.07"</code> + <p> + All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version: + </p> + <code> + # emerge --sync + # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.07"</code> + </resolution> + <references> + <uri link="http://jouko.iki.fi/adv/ws.html">Jouko Pynnonen advisory</uri> + <uri link="http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57740-1">Sun Microsystems Alert Notification</uri> + <uri link="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-0836">CVE-2005-0836</uri> + </references> + <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:40:30 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="Sun, 20 Mar 2005 21:41:41 +0000"> + koon + </metadata> + <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="Wed, 23 Mar 2005 15:33:09 +0000"> + formula7 + </metadata> +</glsa> |