<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?> <!DOCTYPE glsa SYSTEM "http://www.gentoo.org/dtd/glsa.dtd"> <glsa id="200702-07"> <title>Sun JDK/JRE: Execution of arbitrary code</title> <synopsis> 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. </synopsis> <product type="ebuild">java</product> <announced>2007-02-17</announced> <revised count="05">2008-07-16</revised> <bug>162511</bug> <access>remote</access> <affected> <package name="dev-java/sun-jdk" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.10</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.18</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.17</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.15</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.14</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.13</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.10</vulnerable> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.13</vulnerable> </package> <package name="dev-java/sun-jre-bin" auto="yes" arch="*"> <unaffected range="ge">1.5.0.10</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.18</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.17</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.15</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.14</unaffected> <unaffected range="rge">1.4.2.13</unaffected> <vulnerable range="lt">1.5.0.10</vulnerable> <vulnerable range="lt">1.4.2.13</vulnerable> </package> </affected> <background> <p> The Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) provide the Sun Java platform. </p> </background> <description> <p> A anonymous researcher discovered that an error in the handling of a GIF image with a zero width field block leads to a memory corruption flaw. </p> </description> <impact type="normal"> <p> An attacker could entice a user to run a specially crafted Java applet or application that would load a crafted GIF image, which could result in escalation of privileges and unauthorized access to system resources. </p> </impact> <workaround> <p> There is no known workaround at this time. </p> </workaround> <resolution> <p> All Sun Java Development Kit 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.10"</code> <p> All Sun Java Development Kit 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2*"</code> <p> All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.10"</code> <p> All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version: </p> <code> # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose "=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2*"</code> </resolution> <references> <uri link="https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-0243">CVE-2007-0243</uri> </references> <metadata tag="requester" timestamp="2007-02-10T19:27:14Z"> falco </metadata> <metadata tag="bugReady" timestamp="2007-02-10T23:53:12Z"> falco </metadata> <metadata tag="submitter" timestamp="2007-02-12T23:55:24Z"> falco </metadata> </glsa>