National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-2476
Original release date:08/10/2009
Last revised:08/11/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
The 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.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
10.0
Exploitability Subscore:
10.0
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Network exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Provides administrator access, Allows complete confidentiality, integrity, and availability violation; Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows disruption of service
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-16-1
Type: Advisory; Patch Information
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8337
External Source: FEDORA
Name: FEDORA-2009-8329
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1201
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:1200
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513220
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36180
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36176
Type: Advisory
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 36162
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
Type: Advisory