Sun OpenJDK prior 5.0 ImageIO information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Sun OpenJDK. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. Executing a manipulation can lead to information disclosure. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2009-2475. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun OpenJDK and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the component ImageIO. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving static variables that are declared without the final keyword, related to (1) LayoutQueue, (2) Cursor.predefined, (3) AccessibleResourceBundle.getContents, (4) ImageReaderSpi.STANDARD_INPUT_TYPE, (5) ImageWriterSpi.STANDARD_OUTPUT_TYPE, (6) the imageio plugins, (7) DnsContext.debug, (8) RmfFileReader/StandardMidiFileWriter.types, (9) AbstractSaslImpl.logger, (10) Synth.Region.uiToRegionMap/lowerCaseNameMap, (11) the Introspector class and a cache of BeanInfo, and (12) JAX-WS, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2673.

The weakness was shared 08/10/2009 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-2475. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 40748 (RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-sun (RHSA-2009:1199)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Red Hat Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 155821 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Update for java-1.6.0-openjdk (ELSA-2009-1201)).

Upgrading to version 5.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (52742), Tenable (40748), SecurityFocus (BID 35671†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23255†). The entries VDB-4002, VDB-49327, VDB-49326 and VDB-49325 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 40748
Nessus Name: RHEL 4 / 5 : java-1.5.0-sun (RHSA-2009:1199)
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OpenVAS ID: 64613
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-8329 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: OpenJDK 5.0

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07/14/2009 🔍
07/15/2009 +0 days 🔍
08/10/2009 +26 days 🔍
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08/20/2009 +10 days 🔍
08/24/2009 +4 days 🔍
03/18/2015 +2032 days 🔍
08/13/2021 +2340 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-2475 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2009-2475
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-49324

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X-Force: 52742
SecurityFocus: 35671 - IETF and W3C XML Digital Signature Specification HMAC Truncation Authentication Bypass Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 23255 - Sun Java SE and OpenJDK Remote Sensitive Information Disclosure, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/18/2015 15:15
Updated: 08/13/2021 18:05
Changes: 03/18/2015 15:15 (64), 02/13/2017 10:18 (8), 08/13/2021 17:58 (4), 08/13/2021 18:05 (1)
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