Bug 706248 (CVE-2011-0871)

Summary:	CVE-2011-0871 OpenJDK: MediaTracker created Component instances with unnecessary privileges (Swing, 7020198)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marc Schoenefeld <mschoene>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	urgent	Docs Contact:
Priority:	urgent
Version:	unspecified	CC:	ahughes, aph, dbhole, jlieskov, jvanek, mjc, security-response-team
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Bug Depends On:	668488, 676275, 709375, 709376, 711408, 711409, 711410, 720963, 720964, 720965, 723824, 723825, 723826, 729588, 729589, 729907, 729908, 729909
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Description Marc Schoenefeld 2011-05-19 20:48:23 UTC

It was found that the MediaTracker implementation created Component instances with unnecessary access privileges. A remote attacker could use this flaw to elevate their privileges by utilizing an untrusted applet or application that uses Swing.

Comment 6 Tomas Hoger 2011-06-08 06:32:21 UTC

Public now via Oracle CPU June 2011:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujune2011-313339.html

Also fixed in IcedTea6 versions 1.8.8, 1.9.8 and 1.10.2:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2011-June/014607.html

Patch:
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.9/file/8d393fbff5d3/patches/security/20110607/7020198.patch

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-06-08 14:31:52 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0856 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0856.html

Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-06-08 14:53:52 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2011:0857 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0857.html

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-06-08 15:25:19 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0860 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0860.html

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-15 05:57:25 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0938 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0938.html

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-22 22:54:43 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Extras for RHEL 4
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2011:1087 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1087.html

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2011-08-15 17:49:48 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Extras for RHEL 4

Via RHSA-2011:1159 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1159.html

Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2011-09-06 21:20:23 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  RHEL 4 for SAP
  RHEL 5 for SAP
  RHEL 6 for SAP

Via RHSA-2011:1265 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1265.html

Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2013-10-23 16:58:23 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4

Via RHSA-2013:1455 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html