Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2011

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 20 new security fixes across Java SE, of which 6 are applicable to JRockit.

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:

Java SE Patch Availability JDK and JRE 7 Java SE JDK and JRE 6 Update 27 and earlier Java SE JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 31 and earlier Java SE SDK and JRE 1.4.2_33 and earlier Java SE JavaFX 2.0 JavaFX JRockit R28.1.4 and earlier (JDK and JRE 6 and 5.0) JRockit

Patch Availability Table and Risk Matrix

Java SE and JRockit 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, JRE and JRockit Risk Matrix Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update October 2011 My Oracle Support Note 1361232.1.

Developers can download the latest Java SE release from https://www.oracle.com/java/technologies/javase-downloads.html.

Developers can download the latest JRockit release from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/middleware/jrockit/downloads/index.html.

Users running Java SE with a browser can download the latest release from http://java.com/. Users on the Windows platform can also use automatic updates to get the latest release.

Developers and users can download the latest Java FX release from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javafx/.

Risk Matrix Content

The risk matrix lists only security vulnerabilities that are newly fixed by the patches associated with this advisory. Risk matrices for previous security fixes can be found in previous Critical Patch Update advisories.

Several vulnerabilities addressed in this Critical Patch Update affect multiple products.

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 Critical Patch Update 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: Adam Barth; axtaxt viaTipping Point's Zero Day Initiative; Eric Rescorla; Juliano Rizzo; Michael Schierl via Tipping Point; Neal Poole; Roee Hay of IBM Rational Application Security Research Group; Sami Koivu via Tipping Point's Zero Day Initiative; Thai Duong; and Yair Amit of IBM Rational Application Security Research Group.

Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Schedule

The next three dates for Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Updates are:

14 February 2012

12 June 2012

16 October 2012

References

Modification History

Date Note 2011-October-18 Rev 1. Initial Release

Appendix - Oracle Java SE

Oracle Java SE Executive Summary

This Critical Patch Update contains 20 new security fixes for Oracle Java SE. 19 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.

CVSS scores below assume that a user running a Java applet or Java Web Start application has administrator privileges (typical on Windows). Where 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 JDK, JRE and JRockit 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-2011-3548 Java Runtime Environment Multiple AWT Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3521 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Deserialization Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3554 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Java Runtime Environment Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3544 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Scripting Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3545 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Sound Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before See Note 2 CVE-2011-3549 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Swing Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3551 Java Runtime Environment Multiple 2D Yes 9.3 Network Medium None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before See Note 2 CVE-2011-3550 Java Runtime Environment Multiple AWT Yes 7.6 Network High None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3516 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Deployment Yes 7.6 Network High None Complete Complete Complete JDK and JRE 6 Update 27 and before on Windows See Note 1 CVE-2011-3556 Java Runtime Environment Multiple RMI Yes 7.5 Network Low None Partial Partial Partial JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before See Note 3 CVE-2011-3557 Java Runtime Environment Multiple RMI Yes 6.8 Network Medium None Partial Partial Partial JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before See Note 3 CVE-2011-3560 Java Runtime Environment SSL/TLS JSSE Yes 6.4 Network Low None Partial Partial None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3555 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Java Runtime Environment Yes 6.1 Network High None None Partial Complete JDK and JRE 7 See Note 1 CVE-2011-3546 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Deployment Yes 5.8 Network Medium None Partial Partial None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JavaFX 2.0 See Note 1 CVE-2011-3558 Java Runtime Environment Multiple HotSpot Yes 5.0 Network Low None Partial None None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3547 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Networking Yes 5.0 Network Low None Partial None None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3389 Java Runtime Environment SSL/TLS JSSE Yes 4.3 Network Medium None Partial None None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before See Note 4 CVE-2011-3553 Java Runtime Environment Multiple JAXWS No 3.5 Network Medium Single Partial None None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JRockit R28.1.4 and before See Note 5 CVE-2011-3552 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Networking Yes 2.6 Network High None None Partial None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before, 5.0 Update 31 and before, 1.4.2_33 and before See Note 1 CVE-2011-3561 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Deployment Yes 1.8 Adjacent Network High None Partial None None JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and before. JavaFX 2.0 See Note 1

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