National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2006-6731

Overview

Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 5.0 Update 7 and earlier, Java System Development Kit (SDK) and JRE 1.4.2_12 and earlier 1.4.x versions, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and earlier allow attackers to develop Java applets that read, write, or execute local files, possibly related to (1) integer overflows in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_convolveBI, awt_parseRaster, and awt_parseColorModel functions; (2) a stack overflow in the Java_sun_awt_image_ImagingLib_lookupByteRaster function; and (3) improper handling of certain negative values in the Java_sun_font_SunLayoutEngine_nativeLayout function. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#939609

Name: VU#939609

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/939609

US-CERT Vulnerability Note: VU#149457

Name: VU#149457

Hyperlink:http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/149457

US-CERT Technical Alert: TA07-022A

Name: TA07-022A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-022A.html

External Source: BID

Name: 21675

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21675

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2006-5073

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2006/5073

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 102729

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102729-1

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1017425

Hyperlink:http://securitytracker.com/id?1017425

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23650

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23650

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23445

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23445

External Source: MISC

Name: http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt

Hyperlink:http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2005-008.txt

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:003

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.suse.com/archive/suse-security-announce/2007-Jan/0003.html

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0073

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0073.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0072

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0072.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2007:0062

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0062.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2007:010

Hyperlink:http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_10_ibmjava.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200705-20

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-20.xml

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-4224

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/4224

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-1814

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/1814

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2007-0936

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2007/0936

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200702-08

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200702-08.xml

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200701-15

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200701-15.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 28115

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/28115

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25404

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25404

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 25283

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/25283

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24468

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24468

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24189

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24189

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 24099

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/24099

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 23835

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/23835

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2007-12-14

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT071318

Hyperlink:http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c00876579

External Source: MISC

Name: http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177

Hyperlink:http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177

External Source: BEA

Name: BEA07-174.00

Hyperlink:http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/243