Sun OpenJDK prior 5.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Sun OpenJDK. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The TimeZone.getTimeZone method in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, allows remote attackers to determine the existence of local files via vectors related to handling of zoneinfo (aka tz) files, aka Bug Id 6824265.

The weakness was published 11/09/2009 by Peter Vreugdenhil (regenrecht) with iDEFENSE as Bug 530300 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2009-3884. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Java. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67075 (CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2009:1584)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155760 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for java-1.6.0-openjdk (ELSA-2009-1584)).

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8404.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (67075), SecurityFocus (BID 36881†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23983†).

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 67075
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2009:1584)
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OpenVAS ID: 66262
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-11486 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Bug 530300
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil (regenrecht)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3884 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 36881 - Sun Java SE November 2009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 23983 - Sun Java SE TimeZone.getTimeZone Method Disclosure of Files Existence Vulnerability, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

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Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM
Updated: 08/27/2021 11:05 AM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (64), 02/16/2017 10:20 AM (14), 08/27/2021 11:00 AM (4), 08/27/2021 11:05 AM (1)
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