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                         AUSCERT Security Bulletin

                              ASB-2012.0024.2
       Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - February 2012
                               4 April 2012

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:          Oracle JDK
                  Oracle JRE
                  Oracle SDK
                  Oracle JavaFX
Operating System: UNIX variants (UNIX, Linux, OSX)
                  Windows
Impact/Access:    Access Privileged Data -- Remote with User Interaction
                  Modify Arbitrary Files -- Remote with User Interaction
                  Denial of Service      -- Remote/Unauthenticated      
                  Unauthorised Access    -- Remote with User Interaction
                  Reduced Security       -- Unknown/Unspecified         
Resolution:       Patch/Upgrade
CVE Names:        CVE-2012-0508 CVE-2012-0506 CVE-2012-0505
                  CVE-2012-0504 CVE-2012-0503 CVE-2012-0502
                  CVE-2012-0501 CVE-2012-0500 CVE-2012-0499
                  CVE-2012-0498 CVE-2012-0497 CVE-2011-5035
                  CVE-2011-3571 CVE-2011-3563 
Reference:        ASB-2012.0023
                  ASB-2012.0009
                  ESB-2012.0171

Comment: April 2012: CVE-2012-0507 is being actively exploited in the wild.

Revision History: April     4 2012: Rev 2. Replaced CVE-2011-3571 with CVE-2012-0507
                  February 16 2012: Initial Release

OVERVIEW

        Oracle have released updates which correct vulnerabilities in their
        products. [1]


IMPACT

        Details of the vulnerabilities have not been specified by Oracle,
        however the referenced ESB-2012.0171 includes some more
        information.
        
        Oracle have advised the following products are affected: [1]
        
        JDK and JRE 7 Update 2 and earlier
        JDK and JRE 6 Update 30 and earlier
        JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 33 and earlier
        SDK and JRE 1.4.2_35 and earlier
        JavaFX 2.0.2 and earlier


MITIGATION

        Oracle states:
        
        "Due to the threat posed by a successful attack,
        Oracle strongly recommends that customers apply CPU fixes as soon
        as possible." [1]
        
        Patches are available on the Oracle website. [1]


REFERENCES

        [1] Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - February 2012
            http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2012-366318.html

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