CVE-2009-2690

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Summary

CVECVE-2009-2690
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-08-10 18:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionThe encoder in Sun Java SE 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, grants read access to private variables with unspecified names, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via an untrusted (1) applet or (2) application.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
513223 – (CVE-2009-2690) CVE-2009-2690 OpenJDK private variable information disclosure (6777487) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 11 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
Java SE 6 Update 15 Release Notes. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 java.sun.com Vendor Advisory
Fedora update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
#125139-16: Obsoleted by: 125139-17 JavaSE for business 6_x86: update 15 patch (equivalent to JDK 6u15), 64bit af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 sunsolve.sun.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 10 Update: java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com
APPLE-SA-2009-09-03-1 Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 5 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.apple.com
Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-sun - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Gentoo updates for sun-jre-bin, sun-jdk, blackdown-jre, blackdown-jdk, and emul-linux-x86-java - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Webmail : Solution de messagerie professionnelle - OVHcloud- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report: SUSE-SR:2009:016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat update for java-1.6.0-openjdk - Secunia Advisories - Vulnerability Information - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
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