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Home > Products and services > CSIRTUK advisories > Advisories archive > January 2006 > Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200601-10 - Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation 2. GLSA 200601-09:02 - ERRATA UPDATE - Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability

January 2006

Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200601-10 - Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation 2. GLSA 200601-09:02 - ERRATA UPDATE - Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability

ID: 00055
Ref: 54/2006
Date: 17 January 2006:13:30:35
Version: 1

Title: Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories: 1. GLSA 200601-10 - Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation 2. GLSA 200601-09:02 - ERRATA UPDATE - Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability
Abstract:
Vendors affected: Gentoo
Operating systems affected: Gentoo
Applications affected: Gentoo

Title
=====

Two Gentoo Linux Security Advisories:

1. GLSA 200601-10 - Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation

2. GLSA 200601-09:02 - ERRATA UPDATE - Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC
vulnerability

Detail
======

1. Adam Gowdiak discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime
Environment's Reflection APIs that may allow untrusted applets to
elevate privileges.

2. Fixed packages were issued to fix this vulnerability in Wine, but some
of the fixed packages were missing the correct patch. All Wine users
should re-emerge Wine to make sure they are safe. The corrected
sections appear below.



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Severity: Normal
Title: Sun and Blackdown Java: Applet privilege escalation
Date: January 16, 2006
Bugs: #118114
ID: 200601-10

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Synopsis
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Sun's and Blackdown's JDK or JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate
their privileges.

Background
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Sun and Blackdown both provide implementations of the Java Development
Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE).

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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1 dev-java/sun-jdk < 1.4.2.09 >= 1.4.2.09
2 dev-java/sun-jre-bin < 1.4.2.09 >= 1.4.2.09
3 dev-java/blackdown-jdk < 1.4.2.03 >= 1.4.2.03
4 dev-java/blackdown-jre < 1.4.2.03 >= 1.4.2.03
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4 affected packages on all of their supported architectures.
-------------------------------------------------------------------

Description
===========

Adam Gowdiak discovered multiple vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime
Environment's Reflection APIs that may allow untrusted applets to
elevate privileges.

Impact
======

A remote attacker could embed a malicious Java applet in a web page and
entice a victim to view it. This applet can then bypass security
restrictions and execute any command or access any file with the rights
of the user running the web browser.

Workaround
==========

There are no known workarounds at this time.

Resolution
==========

All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.09"

All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.09"

All Blackdown JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.03"

All Blackdown JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.03"

Note to SPARC and PPC users: There is no stable secure Blackdown Java
for the SPARC or PPC architectures. Affected users on the PPC
architecture should consider switching to the IBM Java packages
(ibm-jdk-bin and ibm-jre-bin). Affected users on the SPARC should
remove the package until a SPARC package is released.

References
==========

[ 1 ] CVE-2005-3905
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3905
[ 2 ] CVE-2005-3906
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2005-3906
[ 3 ] Sun Security Alert ID 102003

http://sunsolve.sun.com/searchproxy/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102003-1
[ 4 ] Blackdown Java-Linux Security Advisory

http://www.blackdown.org/java-linux/java2-status/security/Blackdown-SA-2005-03.txt

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-10.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0



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Severity: Normal
Title: Wine: Windows Metafile SETABORTPROC vulnerability
Date: January 13, 2006
Updated: January 15, 2006
Bugs: #118101
ID: 200601-09:02

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Errata
======

Fixed packages were issued to fix this vulnerability in Wine, but some
of the fixed packages were missing the correct patch. All Wine users
should re-emerge Wine to make sure they are safe. The corrected
sections appear below.

Affected packages
=================

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Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 app-emulation/wine < 20060000 >= 0.9.0
app-emulation/wine > 20040000 >= 0.9.0

Resolution
==========

All Wine users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=app-emulation/wine-0.9.0"

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200601-09.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security@gentoo.org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0
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