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TITLE:
Sun JRE Applet Handling Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA27320

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/27320/

CRITICAL:
Highly critical

IMPACT:
System access

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sun Java JRE 1.3.x
http://secunia.com/product/87/
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/784/
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/1661/
Sun Java SDK 1.3.x
http://secunia.com/product/1660/
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4228/
Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4621/
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/12878/
Sun Java JDK 1.6.x
http://secunia.com/product/14273/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun JRE, which can be exploited
by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
handling of Java applets. This can be exploited by malicious,
untrusted applets to read and write local files, or to execute local
applications.

The vulnerability is reported in the following products:
* JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier
* SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier

SOLUTION:
Update to the latest versions or apply patches:

JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 or later
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 13 or later:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp

SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 or later:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

SDK and JRE 1.3.1_21 or later (Windows and Solaris 8 only):
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html

JDK 6 Update 3 for Solaris is also available in the following
patches:

* Java SE 6 Update 3 (as delivered in patch 125136-04 or later)
* Java SE 6 Update 3 (as delivered in patch 125137-04 or later
(64bit))
* Java SE 6_x86 Update 3 (as delivered in patch 125138-04 or later)
* Java SE 6_x86 Update 3 (as delivered in patch 125139-04 or later
(64bit))

JDK 5.0 Update 13 for Solaris is also available in the following
patches:

* J2SE 5.0 Update 13 (as delivered in patch 118666-14)
* J2SE 5.0 Update 13 (as delivered in patch 118667-14 (64bit))
* J2SE 5.0_x86 Update 13 (as delivered in patch 118668-14)
* J2SE 5.0_x86 Update 13 (as delivered in patch 118669-14 (64bit))

The vendor notifies users that SDK and JRE 1.3.1 has completed the
Sun End of Life (EOL) process and is only supported for customers
with Solaris 8 and Vintage Support Offering support contracts. The
vendor recommends that users upgrade to the latest releases.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Azul Systems.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103112-1

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