Note: This is an archival copy of Security Sun Alert 238965 as previously published on http://sunsolve.sun.com.
Latest version of this security advisory is available from http://support.oracle.com as Sun Alert 1019373.1.
Article ID : 1019373.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2010-01-19
Audience : PUBLIC
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Security Vulnerability in Java Management Extensions (JMX)

Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Bug Id
6332953

Date of Resolved Release
08-Jul-2008

Security Vulnerability in Java Management Extensions (JMX)

1. Impact

A vulnerability in the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent included in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) may allow a JMX client running on a remote host to perform unauthorized operations on a system running JMX with local monitoring enabled.

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases for Windows, Solaris, and Linux:
  • JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier
  • JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 15 and earlier
Note: SDK and JRE 1.4.x and 1.3.x are not affected.

This issue only affects systems where JMX is running with local monitoring enabled. To determine if JMX has local monitoring enabled, the following command can be run:

$ jstat -J-Djstat.showUnsupported=true -snap <pid> | grep "sun.management.JMXConnectorServer.address"

To determine the default version of the JRE that Internet Explorer uses:
  1. Click "Tools" in the Menu Bar at the top of the browser
  2. Select "Sun Java Console"
  3. The first two lines in the console displays the version of Java Plug-in and JRE that Internet Explorer uses
To determine the default version of the JRE that Mozilla or Firefox browsers use, visit the URL "about:plugins".

The browser will display a page called "Installed plug-ins" which lists the version of the Java Plug-in as in the following example:

Java(TM) Plug-in 1.5.0_11-b03

This above example indicates the version of the JRE that the browser uses is 1.5.0_11.

3. Symptoms

There are no predictable symptoms that would indicate that the above issue has been exploited.

4. Workaround

There is no workaround for this issue. Please see the Resolution section below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases for Windows, Solaris, and Linux:
  • JDK and JRE 6 Update 7 or later
  • JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 or later
JDK and JRE 6 Update 7 is available for download at the following links:



JRE 6 Updates are available through the Java Update tool for Microsoft Windows users.

JDK 6 Update 7 for Solaris is available in the following patches:
  • Java SE 6 Update 7 (as delivered in patch 125136-09 or later)
  • Java SE 6 Update 7 (as delivered in patch 125137-09 or later (64bit))
  • Java SE 6_x86 Update 7 (as delivered in patch 125138-09 or later)
  • Java SE 6_x86 Update 7 (as delivered in patch 125139-09 or later (64bit))

JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 is available for download at the following link:


JDK 5.0 Update 16 for Solaris is available in the following patches:
  • J2SE 5.0 Update 16 (as delivered in patch 118666-17)
  • J2SE 5.0 Update 16 (as delivered in patch 118667-17 (64bit))
  • J2SE 5.0_x86 Update 16 (as delivered in patch 118668-17)
  • J2SE 5.0_x86 Update 16 (as delivered in patch 118669-17 (64bit))

Note: When installing a new version of the product from a source other than a Solaris patch, it is recommended that the old affected versions be removed from your system. To remove old affected versions on the Windows platform, please see:


For more information on Security Sun Alerts, see 1009886.1.

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Product
Sun Java Standard Edition (Java SE)

References

125136-09
125137-09
125138-09
125139-09
118666-17
118667-17
118668-17
118669-17





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