Bug 1119600 (CVE-2014-4216) - CVE-2014-4216 OpenJDK: Incorrect generic signature attribute parsing (Hotspot, 8037076)
Summary: CVE-2014-4216 OpenJDK: Incorrect generic signature attribute parsing (Hotspot...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-4216
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
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2014-07-15 06:40 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:24 UTC (History)
4 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2014-07-21 18:59:47 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

Description Stefan Cornelius 2014-07-15 06:40:18 UTC 
It was discovered that the Hotspot component did not properly parse
invalid generic attributes for fields and methods. An untrusted Java
application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass Java
sandbox restrictions.
Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-16 05:19:10 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 08:50:32 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 11:56:39 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/ce8ddc29d76d

OpenJDK 7 Patch(es):
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/hotspot/rev/16b9b3c08181


External reference:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html#AppendixJAVA
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-07-18 01:47:10 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 15:33:41 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 18:56:05 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
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