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java-1.5.0-sun: multiple vulnerabilities

Package(s):java-1.5.0-sun CVE #(s):CVE-2007-3503 CVE-2007-3655 CVE-2007-3698 CVE-2007-3922
Created:August 6, 2007 Updated:June 24, 2008
Description: The Javadoc tool was able to generate HTML documentation pages that contained cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerabilities. A remote attacker could use this to inject arbitrary web script or HTML. (CVE-2007-3503)

The Java Web Start URL parsing component contained a buffer overflow vulnerability within the parsing code for JNLP files. A remote attacker could create a malicious JNLP file that could trigger this flaw and execute arbitrary code when opened. (CVE-2007-3655)

The JSSE component did not correctly process SSL/TLS handshake requests. A remote attacker who is able to connect to a JSSE-based service could trigger this flaw leading to a denial-of-service. (CVE-2007-3698)

A flaw was found in the applet class loader. An untrusted applet could use this flaw to circumvent network access restrictions, possibly connecting to services hosted on the machine that executed the applet. (CVE-2007-3922)

Alerts:
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0133-01 2008-06-24
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:025 2008-04-25
Gentoo 200804-20 2008-04-17
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0132-01 2008-02-14
Red Hat RHSA-2007:1086-01 2007-12-12
SuSE SUSE-SA:2007:056 2007-10-18
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0956-01 2007-10-16
Slackware SSA:2007-243-01 2007-08-31
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0829-01 2007-08-07
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0818-01 2007-08-06

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