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Ubuntu 10.04 LTS: USN-1052-1 Critical OpenJDK Code Execution

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Calendar Grey January 26, 2011
Dist Ubuntu Esm H88
Critical OpenJDK flaw found in Ubuntu environments, permitting remote code execution stemming from a lapse in security manager configurations.
It was discovered that the JNLP SecurityManager in IcedTea for JavaOpenJDK in some instances failed to properly apply the intendedscurity policy in its checkPermission method

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security advisory security issue code execution privilege escalation Ubuntu OpenJDK policy failure

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openjdk-6, openjdk-6b18 vulnerability

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Topics Covered

security advisory security issue code execution privilege escalation Ubuntu OpenJDK policy failure

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