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Gentoo: GLSA-200602-07 Normal: Sun JDK/JRE Applet Escalation Threat

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Calendar Grey February 15, 2006
Dist Gentoo Esm H88
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Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) do not adequately constrain applets from privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution

Summary

Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200602-07 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: Sun JDK/JRE: Applet privilege escalation Date: February 15, 2006 Bugs: #122156 ID: 200602-07

Synopsis ======= Sun's Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) do not adequately constrain applets from privilege escalation and arbitrary code execution.
Background ========= Sun's JDK and JRE provide interpreters for Java Applets in a sandboxed environment. These implementations provide the Java Web Start technology that can be used for easy client-side deployment of Java applications.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/sun-jdk < 1.4.2.10 ...

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