Sun Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent security bypass
| sun-jmx-security-bypass (43669) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
The Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent included in the Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) could allow a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions, caused by an unspecified error. If local monitoring is enabled, a JMX client could exploit this vulnerability and perform unauthorized actions on a system running JMX.
Platforms Affected:
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.8
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.9
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5.1
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5.2
- Apple, Mac OS X 10.5.3
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.7
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.9
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.1
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.2
- Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.5.3
- Novell, Linux Desktop 9
- Novell, Linux POS 9
- Novell, Open Enterprise Server
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
- Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
- Novell, OpenSUSE 11.0
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP2
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
- Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP2
- RedHat, Network Satellite Server 5.1
- RedHat, Network Satellite Server 5.2
- RedHat, RHEL Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
- RedHat, RHEL Extras 4
- RedHat, RHEL Supplementary 5 Server
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update10
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update13
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update14
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update15
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update9
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update8
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update7
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update6
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update5
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update4
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update3
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update2
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update12
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update1
- Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update11
- Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update2
- Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update1
- Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update5
- Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update4
- Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update3
- Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update6
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update11
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update10
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update15
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update6
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update5
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update4
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update2
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update13
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update14
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update1
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update3
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update9
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update12
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update7
- Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update8
- Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update1
- Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update2
- Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update5
- Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update4
- Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update3
- Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update6
- SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
- VMware, ACE 1.0
- VMware, ACE 1.0.1
- VMware, ACE 1.0.2
- VMware, ACE 1.0.3
- VMware, ACE 1.0.4
- VMware, ACE 1.0.5
- VMware, ACE 1.0.6
- VMware, ACE 2.0
- VMware, ACE 2.0.1
- VMware, ACE 2.0.2
- VMware, ACE 2.0.3
- VMware, ACE 2.0.4
- VMware, ESX Server 3.0.1
- VMware, ESX Server 3.0.2
- VMware, ESX Server 3.0.3
- VMware, ESX Server 3.5
- VMware, ESXi Server 3.5
- VMware, Player 1.0
- VMware, Player 1.0.1
- VMware, Player 1.0.2
- VMware, Player 1.0.3
- VMware, Player 1.0.4
- VMware, Player 1.0.5
- VMware, Player 1.0.6
- VMware, Player 1.0.7
- VMware, Player 2.0
- VMware, Player 2.0.1
- VMware, Player 2.0.2
- VMware, Player 2.0.3
- VMware, Player 2.0.4
- VMware, Server 1.0
- VMware, Server 1.0.1
- VMware, Server 1.0.2
- VMware, Server 1.0.3
- VMware, Server 1.0.4
- VMware, Server 1.0.5
- VMware, Server 1.0.6
- VMware, VirtualCenter 2.5
- VMware, Workstation 5.5
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.0
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.1
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.2
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.3
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.4
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.5
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.6
- VMware, Workstation 5.5.7
- VMware, Workstation 6.0
- VMware, Workstation 6.0.1
- VMware, Workstation 6.0.2
- VMware, Workstation 6.0.3
- VMware, Workstation 6.0.4
Remedy:
Refer to Sun Alert ID: 238965 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.
For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.
Consequences:
Bypass Security
References:
- Apple Web site, About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.4, Release 7 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178.
- Apple Web site, About the security content of Java for Mac OS X 10.5 Update 2 at http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179.
- Sun Alert ID: 238965, Security Vulnerability in Java Management Extensions (JMX) at http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238965-1.
- VMSA-2008-0016, VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues at http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html.
- ASA-2008-303: java-1.5.0-sun security update (RHSA-2008-0595)
- ASA-2008-428: java-1.6.0-ibm security update (RHSA-2008-0906)
- ASA-2008-429: java-1.5.0-ibm security update (RHSA-2008-0891)
- ASA-2008-507: java-1.5.0-bea security update (RHSA-2008-1044)
- ASA-2008-509: java-1.6.0-bea security update (RHSA-2008-1045)
- BID-30146: Sun Java SE Java Management Extensions (JMX) Unspecified Unauthorized Access Vulnerability
- CVE-2008-3103: Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Management Extensions (JMX) management agent in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 15 and earlier, when local monitoring is enabled, allows remote attackers to perform unauthorized operations via unspecified vectors.
- RHSA-2008-0594: Critical: java-1.6.0-sun security update
- RHSA-2008-0595: Critical: java-1.5.0-sun security update
- RHSA-2008-0636: Low: Red Hat Network Satellite Server Sun Java Runtime security update
- RHSA-2008-0891: Moderate: java-1.5.0-ibm security update
- RHSA-2008-0906: Critical: java-1.6.0-ibm security update
- RHSA-2009-0466: Low: java-1.5.0-ibm security update
- SA31010: Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA32018: Mac OS X Java Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA32179: VMware VirtualCenter Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SA32180: VMware ESX Server Sun Java JDK / JRE Multiple Vulnerabilities
- SECTRACK ID: 1020458: Java Runtime Environment (JRE) JMX Function Lets Remote Users Perform Unspecified Operations
- SUSE-SA:2008:042: Sun Java security update
- SUSE-SR:2008:022: SUSE Security Summary Report
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2056: Sun Java JDK and JRE Code Execution and Security Bypass Issues
- VUPEN/ADV-2008-2740: VMware Privilege Escalation and Multiple Code Execution Vulnerabilities
Reported:
Jul 08, 2008
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