National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2672

Overview

The proxy mechanism implementation in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 15, and JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 20, does not prevent access to browser cookies by untrusted (1) applets and (2) Java Web Start applications, which allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA09-294A

Name: TA09-294A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 263409

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263409-1

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1201

Hyperlink:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1200

Hyperlink:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:1199

Hyperlink:https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html

External Source: XF

Name: sun-jre-proxy-session-hijacking(52337)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/52337

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3316

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2543

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1022659

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022659

External Source: BID

Name: 35943

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

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html

Hyperlink:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200911-02

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37460

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37460

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37386

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37300

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37300

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36248

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36248

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36199

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36199

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36180

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36180

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 36176

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/36176

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9359

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9359

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7723

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7723

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT090250

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: SSRT090250

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:053

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:016

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:043

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-08/msg00003.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2009-09-03-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html

Hyperlink: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

Hyperlink:http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html#150_20

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9359

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9359

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7723

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:7723