Bug 533220

Summary: CVE-2009-3871 java-1.5.0-sun, java-1.6.0-sun: heap-based buffer overflow in Abstract Window Toolkit (ACE) (6872358)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Jan Lieskovsky <jlieskov>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: bressers, langel, mschoene, security-response-team
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Description Jan Lieskovsky 2009-11-05 17:18:05 UTC 
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures assigned an identifier CVE-2009-3871 to
the following vulnerability:

Heap-based buffer overflow in the setBytePixels function in the
Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun
Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before
Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x
before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via
crafted arguments, aka Bug Id 6872358. 

References:
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http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3871 
http://zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-09-079/
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270474-1 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1023132
http://secunia.com/advisories/37231 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2009-11-05 17:25:49 UTC 
This issue affects 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 21:15:20 UTC 

*** This bug has been marked as a duplicate of bug 530063 ***