Bug 1119602 (CVE-2014-4223)

Summary:	CVE-2014-4223 OpenJDK: Incorrect handling of invocations with exhausted ranks (Libraries, 8035793)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Stefan Cornelius <scorneli>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dbhole, jvanek, omajid, security-response-team
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Description Stefan Cornelius 2014-07-15 06:45:00 UTC

It was discovered that the Libraries component did not properly
handle method invocations with an exhausted rank. An untrusted
Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass
Java sandbox restrictions.

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-16 05:19:13 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 08:50:34 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 11:58:52 UTC

Fixed now in Oracle Java SE 7.0u65 via Critical Patch Update July 2014. 

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

OpenJDK 7 Patch(es):
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/jdk/rev/84bce1b3d28a


External reference:

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

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-18 01:47:11 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