Bug 1087443 (CVE-2014-2403)

Summary: CVE-2014-2403 OpenJDK: JAXP CharInfo file access restriction (JAXP, 8029282)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Stefan Cornelius <scorneli>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
Severity: medium Docs Contact:
Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: dbhole, java-qa, jkurik, jvanek, omajid, pfrields, security-response-team
Target Milestone: ---Keywords: Security
Target Release: ---   
Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
Whiteboard:
Fixed In Version: icedtea 1.13.3, icedtea 2.4.7 Doc Type: Bug Fix
Doc Text:
Story Points: ---
Clone Of: Environment:
Last Closed: 2014-04-22 14:51:18 UTC Type: ---
Regression: --- Mount Type: ---
Documentation: --- CRM:
Verified Versions: Category: ---
oVirt Team: --- RHEL 7.3 requirements from Atomic Host:
Cloudforms Team: --- Target Upstream Version:
Embargoed:
Bug Depends On:    
Bug Blocks: 1082776    

Description Stefan Cornelius 2014-04-14 10:34:22 UTC
It was discovered that JAXP the CharInfo object did not properly prevent
access to arbitrary files when a SecurityManager is present. An
untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to
disclose sensitive information.

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2014-04-16 07:12:02 UTC
Fixed now in Oracle Java SE 5.0u75, 6u75, 7u55 and 8u5 via Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2014.

Fixed in IcedTea6 1.13.3 and IcedTea7 2.4.7:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-April/027214.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-April/027222.html

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html#AppendixJAVA

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:29:48 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0407 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0407.html

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:31:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2014:0406 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0406.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:39:31 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2014:0408 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0408.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-17 09:32:45 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0413 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0413.html

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-17 09:37:54 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0412 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0412.html

Comment 7 Stefan Cornelius 2014-04-17 10:28:45 UTC
OpenJDK upstream commit:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jaxp/rev/4df81f03dc2b

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-17 11:47:42 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0414 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0414.html

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-10 12:17:41 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0675 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-10 12:40:10 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0685 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html