Bug 485116 - IcedTea plugin allows applets to call System.exit()
Summary: IcedTea plugin allows applets to call System.exit()
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Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Alias: None
Product: Fedora
Classification: Fedora
Component: java-1.6.0-openjdk
Version: 10
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Deepak Bhole
QA Contact: Fedora Extras Quality Assurance
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-02-11 17:27 UTC by Deepak Bhole
Modified: 2009-04-23 19:28 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2009-04-23 19:28:15 UTC
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Description Deepak Bhole 2009-02-11 17:27:21 UTC 
An applet can call System.exit(), which in certain cases will cause the JVM to exit. Thus creating a potential DoS attack, as any other running applets will end up shutting down as well.

The fix is in the upstream repository, and need to be brought into Fedora (10 and Rawhide).
Comment 1 Deepak Bhole 2009-04-23 19:28:15 UTC 
Fixed in all currently supported releases.
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