CVE-2014-2490
First published: Tue Jul 15 2014(Updated: )
It was discovered that the event logger contains a format string error. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to cause the Java Virtual Machine to crash, or, potentially, execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the Java Virtual Machine.
Credit: secalert_us@oracle.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| HP HP-UX | =b.11.23 | |
| HP HP-UX | =b.11.31 | |
| Debian Debian Linux | =7.0 | |
| Oracle JDK | =1.7.0-update60 | |
| Oracle JDK | =1.8.0-update5 | |
| Oracle JRE | =1.7.0-update60 | |
| Oracle JRE | =1.8.0-update5 |
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Reference Links
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0890.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0889.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-July/028550.html
- http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2014-July/028584.html
- http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk6/jdk6/hotspot/rev/dd7d490e72af
- http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u/hotspot/rev/02f12a9d5aec
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html#AppendixJAVA
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0902.html
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0907.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1119597
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2014/Dec/23
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60129
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60485
- http://secunia.com/advisories/60812
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201502-12.xml
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2980
- http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2987
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujul2014-1972956.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/534161/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68645
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1030577
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2014-0012.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0902
- collector/nvd-index
- agent/author
- agent/severity
- agent/references
- agent/description
- agent/type
- agent/event
- agent/first-publish-date
- agent/softwarecombine
- agent/last-modified-date
- agent/tags
- collector/mitre-cve
- source/MITRE
- collector/redhat-bugzilla
- source/Red Hat
- alias/CVE-2014-2490
- vendor/hp
- canonical/hp hp-ux
- version/hp hp-ux/b.11.23
- version/hp hp-ux/b.11.31
- vendor/debian
- canonical/debian debian linux
- version/debian debian linux/7.0
- vendor/oracle
- canonical/oracle jdk
- version/oracle jdk/1.7.0-update60
- version/oracle jdk/1.8.0-update5
- canonical/oracle jre
- version/oracle jre/1.7.0-update60
- version/oracle jre/1.8.0-update5