SuSE Update for Sun Java SUSE-SA:2007:055

Check for the Version of Sun Java

The Sun JAVA JDK 1.5.0 was upgraded to release 13, and the Sun JAVA SDK 1.4.2 was upgraded to update 16 to fix various bugs, including the following security bugs: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103079-1 CVE-2007-5232: Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier, when applet caching is enabled, allows remote attackers to violate the security model for an applets outbound connections via a DNS rebinding attack. http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103073-1 CVE-2007-5236: Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, on Windows does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read local files via an untrusted application. CVE-2007-5237: Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read and modify local files via an untrusted application, aka &quot two vulnerabilities&quot . CVE-2007-5238: Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka &quot three vulnerabilities.&quot http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103072-1 CVE-2007-5239: Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted (1) applications and (2) applets, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to copy or rename arbitrary files when local users perform drag-and-drop operations from the untrusted application or applet window onto certain types of desktop applications. http://sunsolve.sun.com/se ... Description truncated, for more information please check the Reference URL

Sun Java on SUSE LINUX 10.1, openSUSE 10.2, openSUSE 10.3, SUSE SLES 9, Novell Linux Desktop 9, Open Enterprise Server, Novell Linux POS 9, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1

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