Bug 1119596 (CVE-2014-4219) - CVE-2014-4219 OpenJDK: Bytecode verification does not prevent ctor calls to this() and super() (Hotspot, 8035119)
Summary: CVE-2014-4219 OpenJDK: Bytecode verification does not prevent ctor calls to t...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-4219
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1115835
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Reported: 2014-07-15 06:32 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:24 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-08-11 19:44:27 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0889 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update 2014-07-16 12:49:50 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0890 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update 2014-07-16 09:18:44 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0902 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-oracle security update 2017-12-15 19:39:16 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0907 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.6.0-openjdk security and bug fix update 2014-07-21 22:55:23 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0908 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.6.0-sun security update 2017-12-15 19:38:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1033 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.6.0-ibm security update 2014-08-07 20:52:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1036 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.5.0-ibm security update 2014-08-08 01:24:51 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1041 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-ibm security update 2014-08-11 20:54:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:1042 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.1-ibm security update 2014-08-11 20:44:22 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0264 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: Red Hat Satellite IBM Java Runtime security update 2015-02-24 18:44:15 UTC

Description Stefan Cornelius 2014-07-15 06:32:59 UTC 
It was discovered that the bytecode verification did not properly
prevent ctor calls to this() and super() from certain code constructs.
An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to
bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-16 05:19:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0890 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0890.html
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-16 08:50:27 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0889 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0889.html
Comment 3 Stefan Cornelius 2014-07-16 11:51:30 UTC 
Fixed now in Oracle Java SE 5u71, 6.0u81, 7.0u65, and 8.0u11
via Critical Patch Update July 2014. 

Fixed in IcedTea 1.13.4 for OpenJDK 6:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-July/028550.html

Fixed in IcedTea 2.5.1 for OpenJDK 7:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-July/028584.html

OpenJDK 6 Patch(es):
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/hotspot/rev/6177a94d77fd
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/hotspot/rev/5632578b9520

OpenJDK 7 Patch(es):
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/hotspot/rev/458f18560343


External reference:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html#AppendixJAVA
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-18 01:47:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0902 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0902.html
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-21 15:33:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0908 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0908.html
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-21 18:56:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0907 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0907.html
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2014-08-07 16:53:11 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-2014:1033 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1033.html
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2014-08-07 21:25:14 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-2014:1036 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1036.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-08-11 16:45:40 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:1042 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1042.html
Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2014-08-11 16:55:22 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-2014:1041 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1041.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2015-02-24 13:44:46 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Satellite Server v 5.6

Via RHSA-2015:0264 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0264.html
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