Java Multiple Issues

Early Warning <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.security.full-disclosure,gmane.comp.security.web-applications,gmane.comp.security.bugtraq
Message-ID <[email protected]>
Hi all and sorry for cross post,
after several months since I contacted Oracle informing them about ten
issues on Java applet security, they finally released an Java 6 update
22 which fixes several security issues

In particular the issues are the following, sorted by impact:

    * Information Disclosure:
          - 17364779 NETWORKINTERFACE HASHCODE PROBLEM
          - 17322679 JAVA APPLET DNS IP DISCLOSURE
    * User Assisted Arbitrary Execution:
          - 17322757 ZERO TERMINATOR ALLOWS JNLP SHORTCUTS
          - 17322755 NEW LINES IN JNLP TITLE ARE COPIED INTO LNK FILES
    * Network and WEB Attacks:
          - 17322683 HTTP REQUEST SPLITTING WITH JAVA ADDREQUESTPROPERTY
          - 17764405 DNS REBINDING ISSUE
          - 17322681 JAVA APPLET SAME IP HOST ACCESS

You can read all details here:
http://blog.mindedsecurity.com/2010/10/java-6u21-seven-issues-summary.html


Disclosure Timeline:
20th Apr - 6 May 2010: Advisories sent to Oracle
25th June 2010: Oracle Confirms all issues
12 Oct 2010: Java update 22 released which fixes 7 out of 10 issues.
11-20 Oct 2010: Minded Security Advisories pubicly disclosed.


Cheers,
Stefano Di Paola

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Stefano Di Paola
Chief Technology Officer, Lead Auditor ISO 27001
Minded Security - Application Security Consulting

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