Upstream information

CVE-2007-5238 at MITRE

Description

Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier does not properly enforce access restrictions for untrusted applications, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information (the Java Web Start cache location) via an untrusted application, aka "three vulnerabilities."

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 2.6
Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entries: 332137 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 340481 [RESOLVED / FIXED], 379038 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1
  • java-1_4_2-ibm >= 1.4.2_sr13.3-1.1.1
  • java-1_4_2-ibm-jdbc >= 1.4.2_sr13.3-1.1.1
  • java-1_4_2-ibm-plugin >= 1.4.2_sr13.3-1.1.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP1 GA java-1_4_2-ibm-1.4.2_sr13.3-1.1.1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2
  • java-1_4_2-ibm >= 1.4.2_sr13.10-0.4.1
  • java-1_4_2-ibm-jdbc >= 1.4.2_sr13.10-0.4.1
  • java-1_4_2-ibm-plugin >= 1.4.2_sr13.10-0.4.1
Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 GA java-1_4_2-ibm-1.4.2_sr13.10-0.4.1


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 16:13:01 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Dec 8 16:22:50 2023