CVE-2015-3149
First published: Mon Apr 20 2015(Updated: )
It was discovered that the java-1.8.0-openjdk packages for Red Hat Enterprise Linux released via RHSA-2015:0809 (<a href="https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0809.html">https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0809.html</a>) regressed the fix for the <a href="https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0383">CVE-2015-0383</a> (<a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED ERRATA - CVE-2015-0383 OpenJDK: insecure hsperfdata temporary file handling (Hotspot, 8050807)" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1123870">bug 1123870</a>) issue - "OpenJDK: insecure hsperfdata temporary file handling (Hotspot, 8050807)". This regression makes it possible to exploit the original issue and allow local attacker to make other users of OpenJDK 8 packages to overwrite arbitrary file via a symlink attack. Refer to <a class="bz_bug_link bz_status_CLOSED bz_closed bz_public " title="CLOSED ERRATA - CVE-2015-0383 OpenJDK: insecure hsperfdata temporary file handling (Hotspot, 8050807)" href="show_bug.cgi?id=1123870">bug 1123870</a> for technical details.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Eus | =7.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =6.6 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =6.6z | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.1 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 |
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Reference Links
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1228.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75933
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213365
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0809.html
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-0383
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1123870
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=1213381
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1228.html
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