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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.54966
Category:Gentoo Local Security Checks
Title:Gentoo Security Advisory GLSA 200506-14 (java)
Summary:The remote host is missing updates announced in;advisory GLSA 200506-14.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing updates announced in
advisory GLSA 200506-14.

Vulnerability Insight:
Sun's and Blackdown's JDK or JRE may allow untrusted applets to elevate
their privileges.

Solution:
All Sun JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jdk-1.4.2.08'

All Sun JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/sun-jre-bin-1.4.2.08'

All Blackdown JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/blackdown-jdk-1.4.2.02'

All Blackdown JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-java/blackdown-jre-1.4.2.02'

Note to SPARC users: There is no stable secure Blackdown Java for the
SPARC architecture. Affected users should remove the package until a SPARC
package is released.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

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