Bug 913025 (CVE-2013-1485)

Summary:	CVE-2013-1485 OpenJDK: MethodHandles insufficient privilege checks (Libraries, 8006439)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dbhole, jvanek
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OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	icedtea7 2.1.6, icedtea7 2.2.6, icedtea7 2.3.7	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
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Description Tomas Hoger 2013-02-20 09:03:38 UTC

It was discovered that MethodHandles implementation of the new reflection API in OpenJDK did not properly check privileges of the code.  An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.

Upstream commit, as included in IcedTea7 repositories:

http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/93fe582a92a4

External Reference:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013update-1905892.html

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-20 11:32:53 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0275 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0275.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-20 21:45:25 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0532 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0532.html

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2013-02-21 10:06:03 UTC

Fixed in upstream IcedTea versions IcedTea7 2.1.6, 2.2.6, and 2.3.7:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-February/022040.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2013-03-11 19:00:56 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0626 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0626.html