Bug 829377 (CVE-2012-1726)

Summary: CVE-2012-1726 OpenJDK: java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup does not honor access modes (Libraries, 7165628)
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: Stefan Cornelius <scorneli>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
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Version: unspecifiedCC: ahughes, aph, dbhole, jvanek, security-response-team
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Bug Depends On: 828757, 828758, 828759, 828760, 856471, 856472, 856473    
Bug Blocks: 824458    

Description Stefan Cornelius 2012-06-06 14:57:46 UTC
It was discovered that java.lang.invoke.MethodHandles.Lookup did not properly honor access modes. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2012-06-13 09:38:51 UTC
Public now via:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2012-1515912.html

Fixed in Oracle Java 7 Update 5.

The fix for this issue will be included in the following IcedTea versions:

* IcedTea7 2.1.1
* IcedTea7 2.2.1

Patch:
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.1/jdk/rev/d2e50959da60

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 15:15:32 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1019 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1019.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2012-06-20 15:19:23 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1009 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1009.html

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2012-09-18 22:53:02 UTC
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2012:1289 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1289.html