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TITLE:
Java 2 Platform Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA25069

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/25069/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/1661/
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/784/
Sun Java Enterprise System 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/13809/
Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4621/
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4228/

DESCRIPTION:
Sun has acknowledged a vulnerability in the Java Web Start of the
Java 2 Platform, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass
certain security restrictions.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
use of system classes. This can e.g. be exploited to read and write
to local files via malicious Java Web Start Applications.

The vulnerability is reported in Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0
Update 10 and Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_13 and earlier for
Windows, Solaris and Linux.

SOLUTION:
Update to Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 11 or later, or
Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 or later.

-- J2SE 5.0 --
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

-- J2SE 5.0 Update 11 for Solaris --

J2SE 5.0: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118666-11 or later)
J2SE 5.0: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118667-11 or later
(64bit))
J2SE 5.0_x86: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118668-11 or later)
J2SE 5.0_x86: update 11 (as delivered in patch 118669-11 or later
(64bit))

--- J2SE 1.4.2 --
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

Note that vulnerable versions should be removed from the system.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits the Fujitsu security team.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102881-1

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