A Close Look at an Exploit Pack

If you happen to stumble upon a Web site that freaks out your anti-virus program, chances are good that the page you’ve visited is part of a malicious or hacked site that has been outfitted with what’s known as an “exploit pack.” Read the full article. KrebsonSecurity...

OpenJDK GIF processing buffer overflow vulnerability (6804998)

Buffer overflow in Java SE Development Kit JDK and Java Runtime Environment JRE 5.0 Update 17 and earlier; 6 Update 12 and earlier; 1.4.219 and earlier; and 1.3.124 and earlier allows remote attackers to access files or execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, aka CR 6804998...

OpenJDK: Improper parsing of crossdomain.xml files (intended access restriction bypass) (6798948)

The Java Plug-in in Java SE Development Kit JDK and Java Runtime Environment JRE 6 Update 12, 11, and 10 does not properly parse crossdomain.xml files, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and connect to arbitrary sites via unknown vectors, aka CR 6798948...

JDK: XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701)

Previously, a denial-of-service flaw was found in Java which allowed the creation of an inifinte loop in XML headers that would consume all CPU resources. This issue was patched and Java is no longer vulnerable to a denial-of-service flaw due to the initiation of an infinte loop by means of XML...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1694

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1694. The IBM 1.6.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit. This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the IBM Java 2 Runtime Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software...

OpenJDK GIF processing buffer overflow vulnerability (6804998)

Buffer overflow in Java SE Development Kit JDK and Java Runtime Environment JRE 5.0 Update 17 and earlier; 6 Update 12 and earlier; 1.4.219 and earlier; and 1.3.124 and earlier allows remote attackers to access files or execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF image, aka CR 6804998...

OpenJDK: Type1 font processing buffer overflow vulnerability

Integer signedness error in Java SE Development Kit JDK and Java Runtime Environment JRE 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, and 6 Update 12 and earlier, allows remote attackers to access files or execute arbitrary code via crafted glyph descriptions in a Type1 font, which bypasses a signed comparison and...

Low: Red Hat Security Advisory: Red Hat Network Satellite Server Sun Java Runtime security update

Updated java-1.5.0-sun packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Network Satellite Server 5.1. This update has been rated as having low security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. This update corrects several security vulnerabilities in the Sun Java...

JDK: XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701)

Previously, a denial-of-service flaw was found in Java which allowed the creation of an inifinte loop in XML headers that would consume all CPU resources. This issue was patched and Java is no longer vulnerable to a denial-of-service flaw due to the initiation of an infinte loop by means of XML...

JDK: XML parsing Denial-Of-Service (6845701)

Previously, a denial-of-service flaw was found in Java which allowed the creation of an inifinte loop in XML headers that would consume all CPU resources. This issue was patched and Java is no longer vulnerable to a denial-of-service flaw due to the initiation of an infinte loop by means of XML...

RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-ibm (RHSA-2009:1647)

Updated java-1.5.0-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The IBM 1.5.0 Java release includes the IBM Java 2...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.4.2-ibm security update

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3 Extras, Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response...

U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) Unix Security Readiness Review (SRR) root compromise / VU#433821

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Executive Summary - ----------------- Unprivileged local users can obtain root access on Unix systems where the DISA SRR scripts are run. If a remote user can introduce a file into the filesystem e.g. anonymous ftp, http upload, cdrom, samba share,...

java security update

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2009:1584 Updated java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that fix several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This update has been rated as having important security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. These packages provide th...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1571

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1571. The Sun 1.5.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 5 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 5 Software Development Kit. This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 5 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 5 Software...

RedHat Security Advisory RHSA-2009:1571

The remote host is missing updates announced in advisory RHSA-2009:1571. The Sun 1.5.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 5 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 5 Software Development Kit. This update fixes several vulnerabilities in the Sun Java 5 Runtime Environment and the Sun Java 5 Software...

OpenJDK JRE AWT setDifflCM stack overflow (6872357)

Stack-based buffer overflow in the setDiffICM function in the Abstract Window Toolkit AWT in Java Runtime Environment JRE in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.127, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.224 allows remote...

RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-sun (RHSA-2009:1571)

Updated java-1.5.0-sun packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Sun 1.5.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 5...

Critical: Red Hat Security Advisory: java-1.5.0-sun security update

Updated java-1.5.0-sun packages that correct several security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and 5 Supplementary. This update has been rated as having critical security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team. The Sun 1.5.0 Java release includes the Sun Java 5...

OpenJDK: DoS (disk consumption) via handling of temporary font files

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in Java SE Development Kit JDK and Java Runtime Environment JRE 5.0 Update 17 and earlier, and 6 Update 12 and earlier, allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service disk consumption via vectors related to temporary font files and 1 "limits on Font...