---------------------------------------------------------------------- BETA test the new Secunia Personal Software Inspector! The Secunia PSI detects installed software on your computer and categorises it as either Insecure, End-of-Life, or Up-To-Date. Effectively enabling you to focus your attention on software installations where more secure versions are available from the vendors. Download the free PSI BETA from the Secunia website: https://psi.secunia.com/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- TITLE: Sun JRE Font Parsing Vulnerability SECUNIA ADVISORY ID: SA26402 VERIFY ADVISORY: http://secunia.com/advisories/26402/ CRITICAL: Highly critical IMPACT: System access WHERE: >From remote SOFTWARE: Sun Java SDK 1.4.x http://secunia.com/product/1661/ 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 1.4.x http://secunia.com/product/784/ 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 in the parsing of fonts contained in 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 5.0 Update 9 and earlier * SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier SDK and JRE 1.3.1_xx are not affected by the vulnerability. SOLUTION: Update to the latest versions or apply patches: JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 or later http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 or later http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html The latest J2SE 5.0 Update Release for Solaris is also available in the following patches: * J2SE 5.0: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118666-12) * J2SE 5.0: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118667-12 (64bit)) * J2SE 5.0_x86: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118668-12) * J2SE 5.0_x86: update 12 (as delivered in patch 118669-12 (64bit)) PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY: The vendor credits John Heasman of NGSSoftware. ORIGINAL ADVISORY: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103024-1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- About: This Advisory was delivered by Secunia as a free service to help everybody keeping their systems up to date against the latest vulnerabilities. Subscribe: http://secunia.com/secunia_security_advisories/ Definitions: (Criticality, Where etc.) http://secunia.com/about_secunia_advisories/ Please Note: Secunia recommends that you verify all advisories you receive by clicking the link. Secunia NEVER sends attached files with advisories. Secunia does not advise people to install third party patches, only use those supplied by the vendor. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Unsubscribe: Secunia Security Advisories http://secunia.com/sec_adv_unsubscribe/?email=packet%40packetstormsecurity.org ----------------------------------------------------------------------