Bug 513220 (CVE-2009-2476) - CVE-2009-2476 OpenJDK OpenType checks can be bypassed (6736293)
Summary: CVE-2009-2476 OpenJDK OpenType checks can be bypassed (6736293)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2009-2476
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
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Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 513391 513392 515682 515683
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2009-07-22 15:29 UTC by Marc Schoenefeld
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:31 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2015-08-21 22:48:42 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1200 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.6.0-sun security update 2009-08-06 20:41:36 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2009:1201 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.6.0-openjdk security and bug fix update 2009-08-06 21:14:44 UTC

Comment 2 Murray McAllister 2009-08-06 13:01:27 UTC 
It was discovered that OpenType checks can be bypassed. This could allow a
rogue application to bypass access restrictions by acquiring references to
privileged objects through finalizer resurrection.

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-16-1
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2009-08-06 20:42:14 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Extras for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1200 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2009-08-06 21:15:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2009:1201 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
Comment 5 Fedora Update System 2009-08-07 04:59:07 UTC 
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 has been pushed to the Fedora 11 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
Comment 6 Fedora Update System 2009-08-07 05:01:51 UTC 
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 has been pushed to the Fedora 10 stable repository.  If problems still persist, please make note of it in this bug report.
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