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Gentoo: GLSA-202310-22 Normal: JRockit Arbitrary Code Execution Threat

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Calendar Grey September 24, 2007
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Numerous flaws in BEA JRockit present risks for executing unauthorized code. It's advisable to update to enhance security.
BEA JRockit contains several vulnerabilities, some of which may allow the execution of arbitrary code.

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200709-15 https://security.gentoo.org/ Severity: Normal Title: BEA JRockit: Multiple vulnerabilities Date: September 23, 2007 Bugs: #190686 ID: 200709-15

Synopsis ======= BEA JRockit contains several vulnerabilities, some of which may allow the execution of arbitrary code.
Background ========= BEA JRockit provides tools, utilities, and a complete runtime environment for developing and running applications using the Java programming language.
Affected packages ================ ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-java/jrockit-jdk-bin < 1.5.0.11_p1 >= 1.5.0.11_p1
========== An integer overflow vulnerability exists in the embedded ICC profile image parser (CVE...

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