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Sun Java JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities (Linux)

Information

Severity

Severity

Critical

Family

Family

General

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

10.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

5 years ago

Summary

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

Insight

Insight

The flaws are due to an input validation error in 'JRE' that does not properly validate arguments supplied via 'javaw.exe' before being passed to a 'CreateProcessA' call, which could allow remote attackers to automatically download and execute a malicious JAR file hosted on a network.

Affected Software

Affected Software

Sun Java version 6 Update 19 and prior on Linux.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Sun Java version 6 Update 20.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)