[ SOURCE: http://www.secureroot.com/security/advisories/9876752244.html ] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ________________________________________________________________________________ Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin Bulletin Number: #00201 Date: February 21, 2001 Cross-Ref: Title: Java Runtime Environment unauthorized command execution ________________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this Security Bulletin is provided "AS IS." Sun makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this Security Bulletin. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. 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Since no permission is granted by default, the circumstances necessary to exploit this vulnerability are relatively rare. In the Java Development Kit 1.1.x (JDK(TM) 1.1.x) (browsers included), an applet must be signed to have execute permission (signed applets may execute anything in JDK 1.1.x.) This issue may or may not affect other vendors' Java technology implementations which are derived from Sun's JDK source base. Sun has notified and made the remedy available to its Java licensees. To the best of Sun's knowledge, Netscape Navigator(TM) and Microsoft Internet Explorer are not exposed to this vulnerability. Sun recommends that you upgrade to the latest JDK and JRE releases listed in section 3 of this bulletin. 2. Affected Releases The following releases are affected: Windows Production and Solaris(TM) Reference Releases SDK and JRE 1.2.2_005 or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.1_003 or earlier JDK and JRE 1.1.8_003 or earlier JDK and JRE 1.1.7B_005 or earlier JDK and JRE 1.1.6_007 or earlier Solaris Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.2.2_05a or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.1 JDK and JRE 1.1.8_10 or earlier JDK and JRE 1.1.7B JDK and JRE 1.1.6 Linux Production Release SDK and JRE 1.2.2_005 or earlier Solaris Production releases SDK and JRE 1.2.1, and JDK and JRE 1.1.7B and 1.1.6 should no longer be used. In addition, releases prior to JDK and JRE 1.1.6 for Windows or Solaris should no longer be used. Users of these releases should upgrade to a later release listed in Section 3. This vulnerability was fixed in Java 2 Platform, Standard Edition, v 1.3. 3. Binary Update Releases The following update releases are available in relation to this issue. Windows Production and Solaris Reference Releases SDK and JRE 1.2.2_007 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/ SDK and JRE 1.2.1_004 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2.1/ JDK and JRE 1.1.8_006 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1/ JDK and JRE 1.1.7B_007 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1.7B/ JDK and JRE 1.1.6_009 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.1.6/ Solaris Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.2.2_07 http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/java/download.html JDK and JRE 1.1.8_12 http://www.sun.com/software/solaris/java/archive.html Linux Production Release SDK and JRE 1.2.2_007 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2/download-linux.html _______________________________________________________________________________ Sun acknowledges, with thanks, Pascal Brisset for bringing this issue to our attention. _______________________________________________________________________________ APPENDICES A. Sun security bulletins are available at: http://sunsolve.sun.com/security B. 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