Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - February 2012
Description
A Critical Patch Update is a collection of patches for multiple security vulnerabilities. The Critical Patch Update for Java SE also includes non-security fixes. Critical Patch Updates are cumulative and each advisory describes only the security fixes added since the previous Critical Patch Update. Thus, prior Critical Patch Update Advisories should be reviewed for information regarding earlier accumulated security fixes. Please refer to:
Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts for information about Oracle Security Advisories.
Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. This Critical Patch Update contains 14 new security fixes across Java SE products.
Supported Products Affected
Security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update affect the products listed in the categories below. Please click on the link in the Patch Availability column or in the Patch Availability Table to access the documentation for those patches.
Affected product releases and versions:
Patch Availability Table and Risk Matrix
Java SE fixes in this Update are cumulative; the latest Critical Patch Update includes all fixes from the previous Critical Patch Updates.
Patch Availability Table
| Product Group | Risk Matrix | Patch Availability and Installation Information |
|---|---|---|
| Oracle Java SE | Oracle JDK and JRE Risk Matrix |
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Risk Matrix Content
The risk matrix lists only security vulnerabilities that are newly fixed by the patches associated with this advisory. Risk matrices forprevious security fixes can be found in previous Critical Patch Update advisories.
Security vulnerabilities are scored using CVSS version 2.0 (see Oracle CVSS Scoring for an explanation of how Oracle applies CVSS 2.0). Oracle conducts an analysis of each security vulnerability addressed by a Critical Patch Update (CPU). Oracle does not disclose information about the security analysis, but the resulting Risk Matrix and associated documentation provide information about the type of vulnerability, the conditions required to exploit it, and the potential result of a successful exploit. Oracle provides this information, in part, so that customers may conduct their own risk analysis based on the particulars of their product usage. As a matter of policy, Oracle does not disclose detailed information about an exploit condition or results that can be used to conduct a successful exploit. Oracle will not provide additional information about the specifics of vulnerabilities beyond what is provided in the CPU or Security Alert notification, the Patch Availability Document, the readme files, and FAQs. Oracle does not provide advance notification on CPUs or Security Alerts to individual customers. Finally, Oracle does not distribute exploit code or “proof-of-concept” code for product vulnerabilities.
Workarounds
Due to the threat posed by a successful attack, Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon as possible. Until you apply the CPU fixes, it may be possible to reduce the risk of successful attack by restricting network protocols required by an attack. For attacks that require certain privileges or access to certain packages, removing the privileges or the ability to access the packages from unprivileged users may help reduce the risk of successful attack. Both approaches may break application functionality, so Oracle strongly recommends that customers test changes on non- production systems. Neither approach should be considered a long-term solution as neither corrects the underlying problem.
Skipped Critical Patch Updates
Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply fixes as soon as possible. For customers that have skipped one or more Security advisories, please review previous advisories to determine appropriate actions.
Unsupported Products and De-Supported Versions
Unsupported products, releases and versions are not tested for the presence of vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update. However, it is likely that earlier versions of affected releases are also affected by these vulnerabilities. Hence Oracle recommends that customers upgrade their Oracle products to a supported version.
Critical Patch Update patches are not provided for product versions that are no longer supported. We recommend that customers upgrade to the latest supported version of Oracle products in order to obtain patches.
Credit Statement
The following people or organizations reported security vulnerabilities addressed by this Critical Patch Update to Oracle: Alin Rad Pop (binaryproof) via Tipping Point's Zero Day Initiative; an Anonymous Reporter via iDefense; an Anonymous Reporter of TippingPoint's Zero Day Initiative; TELUS Security Labs; Chris Ries via TippingPoint; Doug Lea of OSWEGO State University of New York; Jeroen Frijters; Peter Vreugdenhil of TippingPoint DVLabs; and Timo Warns of PRESENSE Technologies.
Security-In-Depth Contributors
Oracle provides recognition to people that have contributed to our Security-In-Depth program (see FAQ). People are recognized for Security-In- Depth contributions if they provide information, observations or suggestions pertaining to security vulnerability issues that result in significant modification of Oracle code or documentation in future releases, but are not of such a critical nature that they are distributed in Critical Patch Updates.
In this Critical Patch Update Advisory, Oracle recognizes Chris Ries via TippingPoint for contributions to Oracle's Security-In-Depth program.
Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Schedule
The next three dates for Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Updates are:
- 12 June 2012
- 16 October 2012
- 19 February 2013
References
- Oracle Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts main page [ Oracle Technology Network ]
- Oracle Critical Patch Updates and Security Alerts - Frequently Asked Questions [ CPU FAQ ]
- Risk Matrix definitions [ Risk Matrix Definitions ]
- Use of Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) by Oracle [ Oracle CVSS Scoring ]
- English text version of risk matrices [ Oracle Technology Network ]
- Previous Security Advisories for Java SE Security Updates [ Java Sun Alerts Archive Page ]
Modification History
| Date | Comments |
|---|---|
| 2012-May-17 | Rev 3. Updated CVSS score for CVE-2012-0507 |
| 2012-February-17 | Rev 2. Replaced CVE-2011-3571 with CVE-2012-0507 |
| 2012-February-14 | Rev 1. Initial Release |
Appendix - Oracle Java SE
Oracle Java SE Executive Summary
This Critical Patch Update contains 14 new security fixes for Oracle Java SE. All of these vulnerabilities may be remotely exploitable without authentication, i.e., may be exploited over a network without the need for a username and password. The English text form of this Risk Matrix can be found here.
The CVSS scores below assume that a user running a Java applet or Java Web Start application has administrator privileges (typical on Windows). When the user does not run with administrator privileges (typical on Solaris and Linux), the corresponding CVSS impact scores for Confidentiality, Integrity, and Availability are "Partial" instead of "Complete", lowering the CVSS Base Score. For example, a Base Score of 10.0 becomes 7.5.
For issues in Deployment, fixes are only made available for JDK and JRE 7 and 6. Users should use the default Java Plug-in and Java Web Start in the latest JDK and JRE 7 or 6 releases.
My Oracle Support Note 360870.1 explains the impact of Java security vulnerabilities on Oracle products that include an Oracle Java SE JDK or JRE.
Oracle Java SE Risk Matrix
| CVE# | Component | Protocol | Sub- component | Remote Exploit without Auth.? | CVSS VERSION 2.0 RISK (see Risk Matrix Definitions) | Supported Versions Affected | Notes | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | Access Vector | Access Complexity | Authen- tication | Confiden- tiality | Integrity | Avail- ability | |||||||
| CVE-2012-0497 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | 2D | Yes | 10.0 | Network | Low | None | Complete | Complete | Complete | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before | See Note 1 |
| CVE-2012-0498 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | 2D | Yes | 10.0 | Network | Low | None | Complete | Complete | Complete | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before | See Note 1 |
| CVE-2012-0499 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | 2D | Yes | 10.0 | Network | Low | None | Complete | Complete | Complete | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before, 1.4.2_35 and before. JavaFX 2.0.2 and before | See Note 1 |
| CVE-2012-0507 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | Concurrency | Yes | 10.0 | Network | Low | None | Complete | Complete | Complete | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before | See Note 2 |
| CVE-2012-0500 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | Deployment | Yes | 10.0 | Network | Low | None | Complete | Complete | Complete | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before. JavaFX 2.0.2 and before | See Note 2 |
| CVE-2012-0508 | JavaFX | Multiple | - | Yes | 10.0 | Network | Low | None | Complete | Complete | Complete | JavaFX 1.3.0 and before, 1.2.2 and before | See Note 3 |
| CVE-2012-0504 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | Install | Yes | 9.3 | Network | Medium | None | Complete | Complete | Complete | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before | See Note 4 |
| CVE-2012-0503 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | I18n | Yes | 7.5 | Network | Low | None | Partial | Partial | Partial | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before, 1.4.2_35 and before | See Note 2 |
| CVE-2012-0505 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | Serialization | Yes | 7.5 | Network | Low | None | Partial | Partial | Partial | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5 Update 33 and before, 1.4.2_35 and before | See Note 2 |
| CVE-2012-0502 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | AWT | Yes | 6.4 | Network | Low | None | Partial | None | Partial | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before, 1.4.2_35 and before | See Note 2 |
| CVE-2011-3563 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | Sound | Yes | 6.4 | Network | Low | None | Partial | None | Partial | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before, 1.4.2_35 and before | See Note 1 |
| CVE-2011-5035 | Java Runtime Environment | HTTP | Lightweight HTTP Server | Yes | 5.0 | Network | Low | None | None | None | Partial+ | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before | See Note 5 |
| CVE-2012-0501 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | Java Runtime Environment | Yes | 5.0 | Network | Low | None | None | None | Partial | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before | See Note 1 |
| CVE-2012-0506 | Java Runtime Environment | Multiple | CORBA | Yes | 4.3 | Network | Medium | None | None | Partial | None | 7 Update 2 and before, 6 Update 30 and before, 5.0 Update 33 and before, 1.4.2_35 and before | See Note 2 |
Notes:
- Applies to client and server deployments of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through Untrusted Java Web Start applications and Untrusted Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using untrusted Java Web Start applications or untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service.
- Applies to client deployments of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited only through Untrusted Java Web Start applications and Untrusted Java applets. (Untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted applets run in the Java sandbox with limited privileges.)
- Applies to client deployments of Java.
- Applies to client deployments of Java. This vulnerability is in the Java Update mechanism.
- The Lightweight HTTP server is used by JAX- WS.