56784 : Sun Java JDK / JRE Proxy Mechanism Implementation Unauthorized Browser Cookie Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-08-04

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-2672" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : The proxy mechanism implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, does not prevent access to browser cookies by untrusted (1) applets and (2) Java Web Start applications, which allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Information Disclosure
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade JDK / JRE to version 5.0 Update 20, 6 Update 15 or higher, and Java SE for Business SDK and JRE to 1.4.2_22 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2009-2672 (see also: NVD) 2009-3403 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 35946
Secunia Advisory ID: 36159 36176 36180 36199 36248 36259 36451 36452 36507 36598 37102 37300 37361 37386 37460 37791 38049
Related OSVDB ID: 56783 56785 56786 56787 56788 56789
Keyword: c01925304,HPSBUX02476,SSRT090250
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-11/0075.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01925304
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263409-1
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3851
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_43_sunjava.html
http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/cpuoct2009.html
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2009/000070.html
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2009-August/000948.html
Other Advisory URL: http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1236.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1582.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1662.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0043.html

Tools & Filters

	40495

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 10.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2009-10-22 | Disagree? | There are 1 more: View All

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