Description
The JNLP SecurityManager in IcedTea (IcedTea.so) 1.7 before 1.7.7, 1.8 before 1.8.4, and 1.9 before 1.9.4 for Java OpenJDK returns from the checkPermission method instead of throwing an exception in certain circumstances, which might allow context-dependent attackers to bypass the intended security policy by creating instances of ClassLoader.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.8/10
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PWeakness enumeration
Affected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2011/01/18/security-icedtea6-177-184-194-released/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053276.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053288.html
- http://osvdb.org/70605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43002Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43078
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43085
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43135
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2224
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:054
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0176.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45894
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1052-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1055-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0165Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0166Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0215
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0239
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-014/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663680Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64893
- http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2011/01/18/security-icedtea6-177-184-194-released/
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053276.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-January/053288.html
- http://osvdb.org/70605
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43002Vendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43078
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43085
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43135
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2224
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:054
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0176.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/45894
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1052-1
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1055-1
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0165Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0166Vendor Advisory
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0215
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0239
- http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-11-014/
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=663680Patch
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/64893
Timeline
- Published
- Jan 20, 2011
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified