Bug 1087424 (CVE-2014-0455) - CVE-2014-0455 OpenJDK: MethodHandle variable argument lists handling (Libraries, 8029844)
Summary: CVE-2014-0455 OpenJDK: MethodHandle variable argument lists handling (Librari...
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2014-0455
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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Blocks: 1082776
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Reported: 2014-04-14 10:20 UTC by Stefan Cornelius
Modified: 2021-02-17 06:40 UTC (History)
7 users (show)

Fixed In Version: icedtea 2.4.7
Doc Type: Bug Fix
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Last Closed: 2014-06-10 14:10:03 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0406 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update 2014-04-16 15:24:01 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0407 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update 2014-04-16 15:23:49 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0412 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-oracle security update 2014-04-17 13:28:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0413 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-oracle security update 2017-12-15 19:38:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0486 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-ibm security update 2014-05-13 23:47:47 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0675 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.0-openjdk security update 2014-06-10 16:13:04 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2014:0705 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.7.1-ibm security update 2014-06-10 17:07:11 UTC

Description Stefan Cornelius 2014-04-14 10:20:17 UTC 
It was discovered that MethodHandle did not properly handle variable
argument lists when permuting or dropping arguments. An untrusted Java
application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass Java
sandbox restrictions.
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2014-04-16 06:54:55 UTC 
Fixed now in Oracle Java SE 7u55 and 8u5 via Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2014.

Fixed in IcedTea7 2.4.7:

http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-April/027222.html

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html#AppendixJAVA
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:28:51 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0407 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0407.html
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-16 11:32:35 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2014:0406 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0406.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-17 09:31:43 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5

Via RHSA-2014:0413 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0413.html
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2014-04-17 09:34:38 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

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

Via RHSA-2014:0412 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0412.html
Comment 6 Stefan Cornelius 2014-04-17 10:12:21 UTC 
OpenJDK upstream commit:
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jdk/rev/317d55ff8423
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2014-05-13 19:48:56 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-2014:0486 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0486.html
Comment 8 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-10 12:14:09 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0675 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html
Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2014-06-10 13:14:45 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2014:0705 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0705.html
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