Solution Type Sun Alert Solution 201519 : Security Vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment With Applet Caching May Allow Network Access Restrictions to be Circumvented
Previously Published As 103079 Product Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition Bug ID 6594007 Date of Workaround Release 03-OCT-2007 SA Document Body GU99V5Z Internal ID use only. Impact A vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) with applet caching may allow an untrusted applet that is downloaded from a malicious website to make network connections to network services on machines other than the one that the applet was downloaded from. This may allow network resources (such as web pages) and vulnerabilities (that exist on these network services) which are not otherwise normally accessible to be accessed or exploited. Sun acknowledges with thanks, Billy Rios for bringing this issue to our attention. This issue has been reported at: http://conference.hitb.org/hitbsecconf2007kl/?page_id=148 Contributing Factors This issue can occur in the following releases (for Windows, Solaris, and Linux):
To determine the default version of the JRE that Internet Explorer uses:
To determine the default version of the JRE that Mozilla or Firefox browsers use, visit the URL "about:plugins". The browser will display a page called "Installed plug-ins" which lists the version of the Java Plug-in such as the following: Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_11-b03 The above example indicates that the version of the JRE that the browser uses is 1.5.0_11. Symptoms There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate that the above issue is being exploited. Workaround To mitigate against DNS rebinding attacks, sites can remove internal IP addresses in DNS lookup results from external DNS servers. This can be done by either filtering such packets at the firewall or by modifying the DNS servers used by clients inside the firewall. Resolution Sun has included changes that perform additional hostname matching using DNS reverse mapping data to mitigate these issues in the following releases. (We are working with industry partners to more fully address these issues and will include additional improvements in later update releases.) Mitigations are included in the following releases (for Windows, Solaris and Linux):
and is included in the following release (for Windows and Solaris 8):
JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 is available for download at: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp JDK 6 Update 3 for Solaris is available in the following patches:
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 13 is available for download at: http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp JDK 5.0 Update 13 for Solaris is available in the following patches:
SDK and JRE 1.4.2_16 is available for download at: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html SDK and JRE 1.3.1 for Solaris 8 is available for download at: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html 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 (see http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3/download.html). Sun strongly recommends that users upgrade to the latest releases. Note: When installing a new version of the product from a source other than a Solaris patch, it is recommended that the old affected versions be removed from your system. To remove old affected versions on the Windows platform, please see: http://java.com/en/download/help/uninstall_java.xml Modification History 90GZP7C Internal ID use only. Date: 09-OCT-2007
Date: 22-OCT-2007
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