Oracle Java SE And Java For Business 'readMabCurveData()' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Publish date: July 21, 2015
Severity: HIGH
CVE Identifier: CVE-2010-0838
Advisory Date: JUL 21, 2015
DESCRIPTION
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java 2D component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 18, 5.0, Update, and 23 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the March 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable researcher that this is a stack-based buffer overflow using an untrusted size value in the readMabCurveData function in the CMM module in the JVM.
nvd: Per: http://www.oracle.com/technology/deploy/security/critical-patch-updates/javacpumar2010.html
'Affected product releases and versions:
• Java SE:
• JDK and JRE 6 Update 18 and earlier for Windows, Solaris, and Linux
• JDK 5.0 Update 23 and earlier for Solaris
• SDK 1.4.2_25 and earlier for Solaris
• Java for Business:
• JDK and JRE 6 Update 18 and earlier for Windows, Solaris and Linux
• JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 23 and earlier for Windows, Solaris and Linux
• SDK and JRE 1.4.2_25 and earlier for Windows, Solaris and Linux'
TREND MICRO PROTECTION INFORMATION
Apply associated Trend Micro DPI Rules.
SOLUTION
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Number: 1004412
Trend Micro Deep Security DPI Rule Name: 1004412 - Oracle Java SE And Java For Business 'readMabCurveData()' Remote Stack Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
AFFECTED SOFTWARE AND VERSION
- sun jdk 1.5.0
- sun jdk 1.6.0
- sun jre 1.5.0
- sun jre 1.6.0
- Java SE JDK and JRE 6 Update 18 and earlier for Windows
- Solaris
- and Linux
- Java SE JDK 5.0 Update 23 and earlier for Solaris
- Java for Business JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 23 and earlier for Windows
- Solaris and Linux
- Java for Business SDK and JRE 1.4.2_25 and earlier for Windows
- Solaris and Linux
- Java SE SDK 1.4.2_25 and earlier for Solaris
- Java for Business JDK and JRE 6 Update 18 and earlier for Windows
- Solaris and Linux
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