Bug 1730459 (CVE-2019-2766)

Summary: CVE-2019-2766 OpenJDK: Insufficient permission checks for file:// URLs on Windows (Networking, 8213431)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Tomas Hoger <thoger>
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Description Tomas Hoger 2019-07-16 19:09:44 UTC
A flaw was found in the file:// protocol handler for Windows operating system.  An insufficient permission check could cause a remote attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

This issue did not affect OpenJDK builds for Linux.

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2019-07-16 21:04:31 UTC
Public now via Oracle CPU July 2019:

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html#AppendixJAVA

Fixed in Oracle Java SE 12.0.2, 11.0.4, 8u221, and 7u231.

Comment 2 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-07-17 02:40:40 UTC
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2019-2766