Bug 975130 (CVE-2013-2458)

Summary:	CVE-2013-2458 OpenJDK: Method handles (Libraries, 8009424)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Stefan Cornelius <scorneli>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dbhole, jlieskov, jvanek, security-response-team
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Bug Blocks:	973111

Description Stefan Cornelius 2013-06-17 16:43:51 UTC

It was discovered that an error related to method handles exists in the Libraries component. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-19 14:15:28 UTC

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2013-06-20 00:06:19 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0958 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0958.html

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2013-06-20 00:10:36 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0957 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0957.html

Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2013-06-20 12:06:28 UTC

OpenJDK7 upstream repositories commit:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/9efb5fb77027

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2013-06-20 14:54:00 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-2013:0963 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0963.html

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2013-07-15 20:44:19 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-2013:1060 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html

Comment 8 Stefan Cornelius 2013-07-17 16:13:48 UTC

Fixed in IcedTea7 versions 2.1.9, 2.2.9, 2.3.10 and 2.4.1:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023849.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023860.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-July/023895.html