Bug 533212 (CVE-2009-3866)

Summary:	CVE-2009-3866 java-1.6.0-sun: Privilege escalation in the Java Web Start Installer (6872824)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	high
Version:	unspecified	CC:	bressers, kreilly, mjc, mschoene, rruss, security-response-team
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
URL:	http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269870-1
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Bug Depends On:	549649, 549650, 554295
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-11-05 16:32:36 UTC

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2009-3866 to
the following vulnerability:

The Java Web Start Installer in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 6 before
Update 17 does not properly use security model permissions when
removing installer extensions, which allows remote attackers to
execute arbitrary code by modifying a certain JNLP file to have a URL
field that points to an unintended trusted application, aka Bug Id
6872824. 

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3866 
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-077/ 
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269870-1
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881 
http://secunia.com/advisories/37231 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-11-05 16:40:46 UTC

This issue does NOT affect the versions of the java-1.5.0-sun package,
as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

This issue affects the versions of the java-1.6.0-sun package, as shipped
with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 and 5.

Comment 2 Josh Bressers 2009-11-05 20:57:41 UTC

*** Bug 532912 has been marked as a duplicate of this bug. ***

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2009-11-09 15:04:17 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1560 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1560.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2009-12-23 17:34:00 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1694 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1694.html

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2010-01-14 16:32:19 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.3

Via RHSA-2010:0043 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0043.html