Bug 1211387 (CVE-2015-0470)

Summary: CVE-2015-0470 OpenJDK: incorrect handling of default methods (Hotspot, 8065366)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: dbhole, jvanek, sbaiduzh, security-response-team
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A flaw was discovered in the Hotspot component in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.
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Description Tomas Hoger 2015-04-13 20:39:50 UTC
A flaw was found in the way the Hotspot JVM handled default methods when performing private method resolution.  An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2015-04-14 19:47:19 UTC
Public now via Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2015.  Fixed in Oracle Java SE 8u45.

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2015-2365600.html#AppendixJAVA

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-04-15 15:16:24 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:0809 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0809.html

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2015-04-16 12:52:53 UTC
Upstream OpenJDK commit:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/hotspot/rev/02e2c04a3289

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-04-17 10:29:26 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

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

Via RHSA-2015:0854 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0854.html