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Sun Java SE Multiple Vulnerabilities - Nov09 (Windows)

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.5

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

This host is installed with Sun Java SE and is prone to multiple vulnerabilities.

Insight

Insight

Multiple flaws occur due to: - Directory traversal vulnerability in 'ICC_Profile.getInstance' method. - Unspecified error in TrueType font parsing functionality. - When a non-English version of Windows is used, the Java Update functionality does not retrieve available new JRE versions. - Failure to clone arrays that are returned by the 'getConfigurations()' function in X11 and Win32GraphicsDevice. - The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) does not properly restrict the objects that may be sent to loggers. - Information leak occurs as the application does not prevent the existence of children of a resurrected ClassLoader. - Multiple unspecified errors in the Swing implementation. - The 'TimeZone.getTimeZone' method allows users to probe for the existence of local files via vectors related to handling of zoneinfo. - Error during parsing of BMP files containing UNC ICC links.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Sun Java SE 6 prior to 6 Update 17 Sun Java SE 5 prior to 5 Update 22 on Windows.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to JRE version 6 Update 17 or later. OR Upgrade to JRE version 5 Update 22.