CVE-2009-3881

Summary

CVECVE-2009-3881
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2009-11-09 19:30:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionSun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, does not prevent the existence of children of a resurrected ClassLoader, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to an "information leak vulnerability," aka Bug Id 6636650.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-200 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update10 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_11 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_12 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_13 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_14 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_15 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_16 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_17 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_18 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_19 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_20 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update_9 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_1 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_10 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_11 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_12 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_13 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_14 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_15 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_2 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_3 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_4 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_5 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_6 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_7 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_8 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.6.0 update_9 All All
Application Sun Jre All update_21 All All
Application Sun Jre All update_16 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
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
Java SE 6 Update 17 Release Notes. af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 java.sun.com Vendor Advisory
JDK 5.0u22 Release Notes af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 java.sun.com Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilites af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
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
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org
Bug 530173 – CVE-2009-3881 OpenJDK resurrected classloaders can still have children (6636650) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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