CVE-2009-2476

Summary

CVECVE-2009-2476
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-10 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2017-09-19 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe Java Management Extensions (JMX) implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, does not properly enforce OpenType checks, which allows context-dependent attackers to bypass intended access restrictions by leveraging finalizer resurrection to obtain a reference to a privileged object.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Java Se All 14 All All
Application Sun Openjdk All All All All
Application Sun Openjdk All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo updates for sun-jre-bin, sun-jdk, blackdown-jre, blackdown-jdk, and emul-linux-x86-java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
#125139-16: Obsoleted by: 125139-17 JavaSE for business 6_x86: update 15 patch (equivalent to JDK 6u15), 64bit CONFIRM sunsolve.sun.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:016 SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
513220 – (CVE-2009-2476) CVE-2009-2476 OpenJDK OpenType checks can be bypassed (6736293) CONFIRM bugzilla.redhat.com
Fedora update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilites GENTOO security.gentoo.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH VUPEN www.vupen.com
APPLE-SA-2009-09-03-1 Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 APPLE lists.apple.com
Advisories | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-sun - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 FEDORA www.redhat.com
Java SE 6 Update 15 Release Notes. CONFIRM java.sun.com Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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