Bug 512101 (CVE-2009-1896)

Summary:	CVE-2009-1896 openjdk/netx grants privileges for signed jars to bundled unsigned jars
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:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dbhole, rruss, security-response-team
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Comment 3 Marc Schoenefeld 2009-08-06 15:01:48 UTC

The WebStart (javaws) that ships with IcedTea in Fedora has a  flaw 
in its security model, which allows it to run unsigned code as signed under 
some cases.

What happens is that the current NetX code assumes that the entire
application is trusted if any of the listed jars are. This means that if
someone puts a signed jar whose cert has already been permanently
accepted, NetX will run the untrusted code as trusted, too.

Comment 4 Fedora Update System 2009-08-07 04:59:46 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.

Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-08-07 05:02:33 UTC

java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.