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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200702-07 (java)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory GLSA 200702-07.
Insight
Insight
Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contain a memory corruption flaw that allows the applets to gain elevated privileges potentially leading to the execute of arbitrary code.
Solution
Solution
All Sun Java Development Kit 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.10' All Sun Java Development Kit 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2*' All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.10' All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2*' http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200702-07 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162511