Bug 1119597 (CVE-2014-2490)

Summary: CVE-2014-2490 OpenJDK: Event logger format string vulnerability (Hotspot, 8037076)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Stefan Cornelius <scorneli>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dbhole, jrusnack, jvanek, omajid, security-response-team
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Description Stefan Cornelius 2014-07-15 06:36:45 UTC
It was discovered that the event logger contains a format string
error.  An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use
this flaw to cause the Java Virtual Machine to crash, or, potentially,
execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Java Virtual Machine.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-16 05:19:08 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0890 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0890.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-16 08:50:30 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0889 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0889.html

Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2014-07-16 11:52:43 UTC
Fixed now in Oracle Java SE 5u71, 6.0u81, 7.0u65, and 8.0u11
via Critical Patch Update July 2014. 

Fixed in IcedTea 1.13.4 for OpenJDK 6:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-July/028550.html

Fixed in IcedTea 2.5.1 for OpenJDK 7:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-July/028584.html

OpenJDK 6 Patch(es):
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/hotspot/rev/dd7d490e72af

OpenJDK 7 Patch(es):
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/hotspot/rev/02f12a9d5aec


External reference:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html#AppendixJAVA

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-18 01:47:08 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0902 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0902.html

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-21 18:56:03 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0907 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0907.html