National Cyber Awareness System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2671
Original release date:08/05/2009
Last revised:10/23/2012
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The SOCKS proxy implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, allows remote attackers to discover the username of the account that invoked an untrusted (1) applet or (2) Java Web Start application via unspecified vectors.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
**NOTE: Access Complexity scored Low due to insufficient information
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-294A
Name: TA09-294A
External Source: SUNALERT
Name: 263409
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1
Type: Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8337
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8329
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1201
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1200
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1199
External Source: XF
Name: sun-jre-socks-info-disclosure(52336)
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-3316
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-2543
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1022659
External Source: BID
Name: 35943
External Source: BUGTRAQ
Name: 20091120 VMSA-2009-0016 VMware vCenter and ESX update release and vMA patch release address multiple security issue in third party components
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
External Source: MANDRIVA
Name: MDVSA-2009:209
External Source: GENTOO
Name: GLSA-200911-02
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 37460
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 37386
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 37300
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36248
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36199
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36180
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36176
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36162
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8259
External Source: OVAL
Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11115
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02476
External Source: HP
Name: HPSBUX02476
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:053
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SR:2009:016
External Source: SUSE
Name: SUSE-SA:2009:043
External Source: APPLE
Name: APPLE-SA-2009-09-03-1
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html#150_20
References to Check Content
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11115
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:8259
Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5