Bug 1183660 (CVE-2014-6549) - CVE-2014-6549 OpenJDK: incorrect class loader permission check in ClassLoader getParent() (Libraries, 8055314)
Summary: CVE-2014-6549 OpenJDK: incorrect class loader permission check in ClassLoader...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-6549
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: 1179762
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Reported: 2015-01-19 12:21 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2021-02-17 05:47 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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An improper permission check issue was discovered in the Libraries component in OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could use these flaws to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
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Last Closed: 2015-01-26 07:42:13 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0069 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update 2015-01-22 02:38:44 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0080 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.8.0-oracle security update 2017-12-15 15:34:38 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0133 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.1-ibm security update 2015-02-06 00:35:28 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2015:0134 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-ibm security update 2015-02-06 00:34:56 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2015-01-19 12:21:11 UTC 
It was discovered that the java.lang.ClassLoader's getParent() method performed an incorrect class loader permission check.  An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2015-01-20 22:10:50 UTC 
Public now via Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2015.  Fixed in Oracle Java SE 8u31.

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2015-1972971.html#AppendixJAVA
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2015-01-21 22:45:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:0069 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0069.html
Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2015-01-22 12:05:37 UTC 
Upstream OpenJDK commit:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jdk/rev/fc4646e5a11f
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2015-01-22 21:25:06 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:0080 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0080.html
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2015-02-05 19:36:58 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2015:0134 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0134.html
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2015-02-05 19:37:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2015:0133 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0133.html
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