Bug 474789 (CVE-2008-5342) - CVE-2008-5342 Java Web Start BasicService displays local files in the browser
Summary: CVE-2008-5342 Java Web Start BasicService displays local files in the browser
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2008-5342
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 479822 479823 489679 489680 493287 493288 493289 529660 529661
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2008-12-05 12:06 UTC by Marc Schoenefeld
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:27 UTC (History)
2 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2013-04-11 20:56:22 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:0016 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.5.0-ibm security update 2009-01-13 21:39:54 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:0369 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.6.0-ibm security update 2009-03-25 14:52:47 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:0445 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.4.2-ibm security update 2009-04-23 18:44:47 UTC

Description Marc Schoenefeld 2008-12-05 12:06:15 UTC 
Name: CVE-2008-5342
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5342
Reference: SUNALERT:244988
Reference: URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244988-1

Unspecified vulnerability in the BasicService for Java Web Start (JWS)
and Java Plug-in with Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and
JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier
allows untrusted downloaded applications to cause local files to be
displayed in the browser of the user of the untrusted application via
unknown vectors.
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2008-12-08 09:07:36 UTC 
Another mention of this issue:

http://secunia.com/advisories/32991/ (Point 11) )
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2009-03-25 14:52:34 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:0369 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html
Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2009-04-23 18:44:58 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 3
  Extras for RHEL 4
  Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:0445 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
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