Bug 975145 (CVE-2013-2449) - CVE-2013-2449 OpenJDK: GnomeFileTypeDetector path access check (Libraries, 8004288)
Summary: CVE-2013-2449 OpenJDK: GnomeFileTypeDetector path access check (Libraries, 80...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2013-2449
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 973111
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2013-06-17 17:01 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2021-02-17 07:36 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2013-07-17 16:27:37 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0957 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update 2013-06-20 04:03:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0958 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update 2013-06-20 04:03:25 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:0963 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-oracle security update 2013-11-13 16:09:17 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1060 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-ibm security update 2013-11-13 16:13:46 UTC

Description Stefan Cornelius 2013-06-17 17:01:32 UTC 
It was discovered that the GnomeFileTypeDetector did not check for read permissions. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to disclose potentially sensitive information.
Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2013-06-19 13:42:30 UTC 
External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2013-06-20 00:08:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2013:0958 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0958.html
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2013-06-20 00:11:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2013:0957 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0957.html
Comment 4 Stefan Cornelius 2013-06-20 12:25:54 UTC 
OpenJDK7 upstream repositories commit:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b1a2b9ac9714
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2013-06-20 14:55:30 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

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

Via RHSA-2013:0963 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0963.html
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2013-07-15 20:46:12 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

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

Via RHSA-2013:1060 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html
Comment 8 Stefan Cornelius 2013-07-17 16:27:37 UTC 
Fixed in IcedTea7 versions 2.1.9, 2.2.9, 2.3.10 and 2.4.1:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023849.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-June/023860.html
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-July/023895.html
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