Summary
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200702-07.
Solution
All Sun Java Development Kit 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.5.0.10'
All Sun Java Development Kit 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2*'
All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.5 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.5.0.10'
All Sun Java Runtime Environment 1.4 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2*'
http://www.securityspace.com/smysecure/catid.html?in=GLSA%20200702-07 http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=162511
Insight
Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) and Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contain a memory corruption flaw that allows the applets to gain elevated privileges potentially leading to the execute of arbitrary code.
Severity
Classification
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CVE CVE-2007-0243 -
CVSS Base Score: 6.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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