Bug 913025 – CVE-2013-1485 OpenJDK: MethodHandles insufficient privilege checks (Libraries, 8006439)

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Bug 913025 - (CVE-2013-1485) CVE-2013-1485 OpenJDK: MethodHandles insufficient privilege checks (Libraries, 8006439)

Summary:	CVE-2013-1485 OpenJDK: MethodHandles insufficient privilege checks (Libraries...

Status:	CLOSED ERRATA

Aliases:	CVE-2013-1485

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	medium Severity medium
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Keywords:	Security

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Blocks:	906729
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Reported:	2013-02-20 04:03 EST by Tomas Hoger
Modified:	2013-03-12 04:59 EDT (History)
CC List:	2 users (show)

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Fixed In Version:	icedtea7 2.1.6, icedtea7 2.2.6, icedtea7 2.3.7
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Last Closed:	2013-03-12 04:59:26 EDT
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Tracker	ID	Priority	Status	Summary	Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0275	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Important: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update	2013-02-20 11:32:09 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0532	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: java-1.7.0-oracle security update	2013-02-20 21:42:30 EST
Red Hat Product Errata	RHSA-2013:0626	normal	SHIPPED_LIVE	Critical: java-1.7.0-ibm security update	2013-11-14 19:14:33 EST

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Description Tomas Hoger 2013-02-20 04:03:38 EST

It was discovered that MethodHandles implementation of the new reflection API in OpenJDK did not properly check privileges of the code.  An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.

Upstream commit, as included in IcedTea7 repositories:

http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/93fe582a92a4

External Reference:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013update-1905892.html

Comment 1 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-20 06:32:53 EST

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0275 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0275.html

Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2013-02-20 16:45:25 EST

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0532 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0532.html

Comment 3 Tomas Hoger 2013-02-21 05:06:03 EST

Fixed in upstream IcedTea versions IcedTea7 2.1.6, 2.2.6, and 2.3.7:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-February/022040.html

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2013-03-11 15:00:56 EDT

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0626 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0626.html

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