Bug 706248 (CVE-2011-0871) - CVE-2011-0871 OpenJDK: MediaTracker created Component instances with unnecessary privileges (Swing, 7020198)
Summary: CVE-2011-0871 OpenJDK: MediaTracker created Component instances with unnecess...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-0871
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
urgent
urgent
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 668488 676275 709375 709376 711408 711409 711410 720963 720964 720965 723824 723825 723826 729588 729589 729907 729908 729909
Blocks:
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2011-05-19 20:48 UTC by Marc Schoenefeld
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:45 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

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Last Closed: 2015-07-29 12:47:20 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0856 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update 2011-06-08 14:31:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0857 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update 2011-06-08 14:53:42 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0860 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.6.0-sun security update 2011-06-08 15:25:07 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0938 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.6.0-ibm security update 2011-07-15 05:57:15 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1087 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.5.0-ibm security update 2011-07-22 22:54:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1159 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.4.2-ibm security update 2011-08-15 17:49:36 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:1265 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm-sap security update 2011-09-06 21:20:08 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2013:1455 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Low: Red Hat Network Satellite server IBM Java Runtime security update 2013-10-23 20:30:21 UTC

Description Marc Schoenefeld 2011-05-19 20:48:23 UTC 
It was found that the MediaTracker implementation created Component instances with unnecessary access privileges. A remote attacker could use this flaw to elevate their privileges by utilizing an untrusted applet or application that uses Swing.
Comment 6 Tomas Hoger 2011-06-08 06:32:21 UTC 
Public now via Oracle CPU June 2011:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujune2011-313339.html

Also fixed in IcedTea6 versions 1.8.8, 1.9.8 and 1.10.2:
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2011-June/014607.html

Patch:
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.9/file/8d393fbff5d3/patches/security/20110607/7020198.patch
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2011-06-08 14:31:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0856 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0856.html
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2011-06-08 14:53:52 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2011:0857 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0857.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2011-06-08 15:25:19 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0860 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0860.html
Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-15 05:57:25 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Extras for RHEL 4
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0938 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0938.html
Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2011-07-22 22:54:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Extras for RHEL 4
  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2011:1087 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1087.html
Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2011-08-15 17:49:48 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
  Extras for RHEL 4

Via RHSA-2011:1159 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1159.html
Comment 14 errata-xmlrpc 2011-09-06 21:20:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  RHEL 4 for SAP
  RHEL 5 for SAP
  RHEL 6 for SAP

Via RHSA-2011:1265 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-1265.html
Comment 15 errata-xmlrpc 2013-10-23 16:58:23 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.4

Via RHSA-2013:1455 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html
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