National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-3864

Overview

The Java Update functionality in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22 and JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, when a non-English version of Windows is used, does not retrieve available new JRE versions, which allows remote attackers to leverage vulnerabilities in older releases of this software, aka Bug Id 6869694.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-3131

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131

External Source: BID

Name: 36881

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 269868

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-269868-1

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37239

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37239

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37231

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37231

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:058

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html

Hyperlink:http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html