Courtesy of Sun Microsystems. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 15:16:32 PDT From: "secureat_private" <body_32427711091254541at_private> To: jdysonat_private Subject: Sun Security Bulletin #00208 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- ________________________________________________________________________________ Sun Microsystems, Inc. Security Bulletin Bulletin Number: #00208 Date: October 22, 2001 Cross-Ref: Title: Swing ________________________________________________________________________________ The information contained in this Security Bulletin is provided "AS IS." Sun makes no warranties of any kind whatsoever with respect to the information contained in this Security Bulletin. ALL EXPRESS OR IMPLIED CONDITIONS, REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES, INCLUDING ANY WARRANTY OF NON-INFRINGEMENT OR IMPLIED WARRANTY OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, ARE HEREBY DISCLAIMED AND EXCLUDED TO THE EXTENT ALLOWED BY APPLICABLE LAW. IN NO EVENT WILL SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOST REVENUE, PROFIT OR DATA, OR FOR DIRECT, SPECIAL, INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR PUNITIVE DAMAGES HOWEVER CAUSED AND REGARDLESS OF ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY ARISING OUT OF THE USE OF OR INABILITY TO USE THE INFORMATION CONTAINED IN THIS SECURITY BULLETIN, EVEN IF SUN MICROSYSTEMS, INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. If any of the above provisions are held to be in violation of applicable law, void, or unenforceable in any jurisdiction, then such provisions are waived to the extent necessary for this disclaimer to be otherwise enforceable in such jurisdiction. ________________________________________________________________________________ 1. Background A vulnerability in the Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) may allow an untrusted applet to access the system clipboard. Netscape 6 is vulnerable if the JRE 1.3.0_02 or 1.3.0_01 is used. The default Java runtime environments of Netscape Navigator(TM) and Microsoft Internet Explorer are not vulnerable. This issue may or may not affect other vendors' Java technology implementations which are derived from Sun's SDK source bases. Sun has notified and made the remedy available to its Java technology licensees. Sun recommends that users of affected releases upgrade to the latest SDK and JRE releases listed in section 3 of this bulletin. 2. Affected Releases The following releases are affected: Windows Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.3.0_02 or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.2_007 or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.1 SDK and JRE 1.2 Solaris(TM) Operating Environment (OE) Reference Releases SDK and JRE 1.2.2_007 or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.1 SDK and JRE 1.2 Solaris OE Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.3.0_02 or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.2_07 or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.1 SDK and JRE 1.2 Linux Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.3.0_02 or earlier SDK and JRE 1.2.2_007 or earlier This vulnerability was fixed in the Java 2 SDK, Standard Edition, v 1.3.1. 3. Latest Releases Windows Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.3.0_04 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3.0/ SDK and JRE 1.2.2_009 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2.2/ Solaris OE Reference Releases SDK and JRE 1.2.2_009 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2.2/ Solaris OE Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.3.0_04 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3.0/ SDK and JRE 1.2.2_09 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2.2/ Linux Production Releases SDK and JRE 1.3.0_04 http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.3.0/ SDK and JRE 1.2.2_009 http://java.sun.com/products/jdk/1.2.2/ _______________________________________________________________________________ APPENDICES A. Sun security bulletins are available at: http://sunsolve.sun.com/security B. Sun Security Coordination Team's PGP key is available at: http://sunsolve.sun.com/pgpkey.txt C. 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