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Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200702-07 (java)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Gentoo Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

6.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

15 years ago

Modified

Modified

6 years ago

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

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)