Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - June 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:

Java SE Patch Availability JDK and JRE 7 Update 4 and earlier Java SE JDK and JRE 6 Update 32 and earlier Java SE JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 35 and earlier Java SE SDK and JRE 1.4.2_37 and earlier Java SE JavaFX 2.1 and earlier JavaFX

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 Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update June 2012 My Oracle Support Note 1461813.1.

Developers can download the latest release from http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/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.

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: Adam Gowdiak of Security Explorations; Andrei Costin via Secunia; Chris Ries via TippingPoint; and Clayton Smith of Entrust.

Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Schedule

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

16 October 2012

19 February 2013

18 June 2013

References

Modification History

Date Comments 2012-June-12 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. 12 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-2012-1713 Java Runtime Environment Multiple 2D Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before, 1.4.2_37 and before. JavaFX 2.1 and before See Note 1 CVE-2012-1721 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Deployment Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1722 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Deployment Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1723 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Hotspot Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before, 1.4.2_37 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1725 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Hotspot Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1716 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Swing Yes 10.0 Network Low None Complete Complete Complete 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1711 Java Runtime Environment Multiple CORBA Yes 7.5 Network Low None Partial Partial Partial 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before, 1.4.2_37 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1726 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Libraries Yes 6.4 Network Low None Partial Partial None 7 Update 4 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-0551 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Deployment Yes 5.8 Network Medium None Partial None Partial 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1719 Java Runtime Environment Multiple CORBA Yes 5.0 Network Low None None Partial None 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before, 1.4.2_37 and before See Note 2 CVE-2012-1724 Java Runtime Environment Multiple JAXP Yes 5.0 Network Low None None None Partial 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before See Note 1 CVE-2012-1718 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Security Yes 5.0 Network Low None None None Partial 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before, 1.4.2_37 and before See Note 1 CVE-2012-1720 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Networking No 3.7 Local High None Partial Partial Partial 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before, 1.4.2_37 and before See Note 3 CVE-2012-1717 Java Runtime Environment Multiple Java Runtime Environment No 2.1 Local Low None Partial None None 7 Update 4 and before, 6 Update 32 and before, 5 Update 35 and before, 1.4.2_37 and before See Note 4

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