Bug 363761 (CVE-2007-5689)

Summary:	CVE-2007-5689 java-jre: Applet Privilege Escalation
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marc Schoenefeld <mschoene>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	vdanen
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OS:	Linux
URL:	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103112-1
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Description Marc Schoenefeld 2007-11-02 13:41:20 UTC

The Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE)
in SDK and JRE 1.3.x through 1.3.1_20 and 1.4.x through 1.4.2_15, and
JDK and JRE 5.x through 5.0 Update 12 and 6.x through 6 Update 2,
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs, or read or
modify arbitrary files, via applets that grant privileges to
themselves.

Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2010-04-08 21:04:21 UTC

This issue was correct in java-1.5.0-sun packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 Supplementary via RHSA-2007:0963:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html