Fedora 17 : java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.fc17 (2013-0868)

This update fixes rhbz895035 , which consists of a set of flaws that potentially allow arbitrary code execution including remotely via applets. It is strongly recommended that all Java users in Fedora immediately update to this release. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the precedi...

Fedora 18 : java-1.7.0-openjdk-1.7.0.9-2.3.4.fc18 (2013-0853)

This update fixes rhbz895035 , which consists of a set of flaws that potentially allow arbitrary code execution including remotely via applets. It is strongly recommended that all Java users in Fedora immediately update to this release. Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the precedi...

USN-1693-1: OpenJDK 7 vulnerabilities

It was discovered that OpenJDK 7's security mechanism could be bypassed via Java applets. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, a remote attacker could exploit this to perform arbitrary code execution as the user invoking the program...

US-CERT Alert TA13-010A - Oracle Java 7 Security Manager Bypass Vulnerability

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 National Cyber Awareness System US-CERT Alert TA13-010A Oracle Java 7 Security Manager Bypass Vulnerability Original release date: January 10, 2013 Last revised: -- Systems Affected Any system using Oracle Java 7 1.7, 1.7.0 including Java Platform...

Oracle Java SE 7 < Update 11 Multiple Vulnerabilities

The version of Oracle formerly Sun Java SE or Java for Business installed on the remote host is earlier than 7 Update 11 and is, therefore, potentially affected by the following security issues : - An unspecified issue exists in the Libraries component. CVE-2012-3174 - An error exists in the...

Oracle Adds Ability to Prevent Java Apps From Running in Browsers

Oracle has released a new version of the Java Development Kit which includes a number of security improvements. The major change in JDK 7u10 is the ability to prevent any Java application from running in the browser, a big shift for the Java environment, which is a constant target of attacks. The...

OpenJDK: missing SecurityManager checks in scripting engine (Scripting, 7046823)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7 and 6 Update 27 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to...

[USN-1625-1] Icedtea-Web vulnerability

========================================================================= Ubuntu Security Notice USN-1625-1 November 07, 2012 icedtea-web vulnerability ========================================================================== A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:...

USN-1625-1: Icedtea-Web vulnerability

Arthur Gerkis discovered a buffer overflow in the Icedtea-Web plugin. If a user were tricked into opening a malicious website, an attacker could cause the plugin to crash or possibly execute arbitrary code as the user invoking the program...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64 (20121017) (ROBOT)

Multiple improper permission check issues were discovered in the Beans, Swing, and JMX components in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions. CVE-2012-5086, CVE-2012-5084, CVE-2012-5089 Multiple improper permission check issues we...

Slackware: Security Advisory (SSA:2005-170-01)

The remote host is missing an update for the SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 Greenbone AG Some text descriptions might be excerpted from a referenced sources, and are Copyright C by the respective right holders. SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only ifdescription...

Apple Fixes Flaws, Updates Java 6 for OS X

Apple pushed out a Java update for its Snow Leopard, Lion and Mountain Lion systems Wednesday, fixing vulnerabilities Oracle tackled in last week’s emergency CVE-2012-4681 patch. Both Java for Mac OS X 10.6 Update 10 and Java for OS X 2012-005 update the Java SE 6 plugin and, in what might be a...

Oracle Java findMethod findClass Security Bypass

Added: 08/30/2012 CVE: CVE-2012-4681 BID: 55213 OSVDB: 84867 Background Java is a programming language that compiles programs to bytecode, which is then executed inside a Java Virtual Machine. This is optimal for applications that must run on various hardware platforms, such as web applets. Probl...

Oracle Java findMethod findClass Security Bypass

Added: 08/30/2012 CVE: CVE-2012-4681 BID: 55213 OSVDB: 84867 Background Java is a programming language that compiles programs to bytecode, which is then executed inside a Java Virtual Machine. This is optimal for applications that must run on various hardware platforms, such as web applets. Probl...

Oracle Java findMethod findClass Security Bypass

Added: 08/30/2012 CVE: CVE-2012-4681 BID: 55213 OSVDB: 84867 Background Java is a programming language that compiles programs to bytecode, which is then executed inside a Java Virtual Machine. This is optimal for applications that must run on various hardware platforms, such as web applets. Probl...

Oracle Java findMethod findClass Security Bypass

Added: 08/30/2012 CVE: CVE-2012-4681 BID: 55213 OSVDB: 84867 Background Java is a programming language that compiles programs to bytecode, which is then executed inside a Java Virtual Machine. This is optimal for applications that must run on various hardware platforms, such as web applets. Probl...

Scientific Linux Security Update : java (jdk 1.6.0) on SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

CVE-2009-2409 deprecate MD2 in SSL cert validation Kaminsky CVE-2009-3873 OpenJDK JPEG Image Writer quantization problem 6862968 CVE-2009-3875 OpenJDK MessageDigest.isEqual introduces timing attack vulnerabilities 6863503 CVE-2009-3876 OpenJDK ASN.1/DER input stream parser denial of service 68649...

Scientific Linux Security Update : jdk (java) on SL5.x i386/x86_64

A flaw in the applet caching mechanism of the Java Runtime Environment JRE did not correctly process the creation of network connections. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create connections to services on machines other than the one that the applet was downloaded from. CVE-2007-5232...

USN-1521-1: IcedTea-Web vulnerabilities

Chamal De Silva discovered that the IcedTea-Web Java web browser plugin could dereference an uninitialized pointer. A remote attacker could use this to craft a malicious web page that could cause a denial of service by crashing the web browser or possibly execute arbitrary code. CVE-2012-3422...

OpenJDK: mutable repository identifiers (CORBA, 7110704)

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment JRE component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, 5.0 Update 33 and earlier, and 1.4.235 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect integrity via...