| Description: | The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) contains the software and tools that users need to run applets and applications written using the Java programming language.
A flaw in the applet caching mechanism of the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) did not correctly process the creation of network connections. A remote attacker could use this flaw to create connections to services on machines other than the one that the applet was downloaded from. (CVE-2007-5232)
Multiple vulnerabilities existed in Java Web Start allowing an untrusted application to determine the location of the Java Web Start cache. (CVE-2007-5238)
Untrusted Java Web Start Applications or Java Applets were able to drag and drop a file to a Desktop Application. A user-assisted remote attacker could use this flaw to move or copy arbitrary files. (CVE-2007-5239)
The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) allowed untrusted Java Applets or applications to display oversized Windows. This could be used by remote attackers to hide security warning banners. (CVE-2007-5240)
Unsigned Java Applets communicating via a HTTP proxy could allow a remote attacker to violate the Java security model. A cached, malicious Applet could create network connections to services on other machines. (CVE-2007-5273)
Unsigned Applets loaded with Mozilla Firefox or Opera browsers allowed remote attackers to violate the Java security model. A cached, malicious Applet could create network connections to services on other machines. (CVE-2007-5274)
In Red Hat Enterprise Linux a Java Web Start application requesting elevated permissions is only started automatically when signed with a trusted code signing certificate and otherwise requires user confirmation to access privileged resources.
All users of java-sun-1.5.0 should upgrade to these packages, which contain Sun Java 1.5.0 Update 13 that corrects these issues.
Please note that during our quality testing we discovered that the Java browser plug-in may not function perfectly when visiting some sites that make use of multiple applets on a single HTML page. We have verified that this issue is not due to our packaging and affects Sun Java 1.5.0 Update 13.
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