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Secunia Security Advisory 35118

Secunia Security Advisory 35118
Posted May 21, 2009
Authored by Secunia | Site secunia.com

Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been discovered in Mac OS X, which can be exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

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Secunia Security Advisory 35118

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TITLE:
Mac OS X Java Calendar Deserialisation Code Execution Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA35118

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/35118/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been discovered in Mac OS X, which can be
exploited by malicious people to compromise a user's system.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the deserialisation of
Calendar objects in Java for Mac OS X. This can be exploited to escape
the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code e.g. when a user visits a
web page containing a specially crafted Java applet.

This is related to vulnerability #14 in:
SA32991

The vulnerability is confirmed in Mac OS X 10.5.7. Other versions may
also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Disable Java support in your browser. Do not execute Java programs
from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Additional information about Java for Mac OS X being affected
provided by Landon Fuller and Julien Tinnes.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Landon Fuller:
http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html

Julien Tinnes:
http://blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA32991:
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991/

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