Bug 248864 (CVE-2007-3655)

Summary:	CVE-2007-3655 A buffer overflow vulnerability in Java Web Start URL parsing code
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marc Schoenefeld <mschoene>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	high	Docs Contact:
Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	kreilly
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-3655
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Bug Depends On:	250784, 250974, 250975, 251133
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Description Marc Schoenefeld 2007-07-19 10:54:29 UTC

Description of problem:

A buffer overflow vulnerability in the Java Web Start URL parsing code may allow
an untrusted application to elevate its privileges. For example, an application
may grant itself permissions to read and write local files or execute local
applications with the privileges of the user running the Java Web Start
application. [http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102996-1]

Version-Release number of selected component (if applicable):

This issue can occur in the following releases (for Windows, Solaris, and Linux):

    * Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 and earlier

     Therefore Affects: RHEL4-EXTRAS-U5

Comment 6 Vincent Danen 2013-04-11 21:13:48 UTC

The list of fixed products with their respective errata is here:

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2007-3655