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CVE-2012-0503

Publication date 15 February 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 2 and earlier, 6 Update 30 and earlier, 5.0 Update 33 and earlier, and 1.4.2_35 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability, related to I18n.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
icedtea-web 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Not affected
11.04 natty
Not affected
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
openjdk-6 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 6b23~pre11-0ubuntu1.11.10.2
11.04 natty
Fixed 6b22-1.10.6-0ubuntu1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 6b20-1.9.13-0ubuntu1~10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 6b20-1.9.13-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy
Fixed 6b27-1.12.3-0ubuntu1~08.04.1
openjdk-6b18 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Ignored end of life
11.04 natty
Fixed 6b18-1.8.13-0ubuntu1~11.04.1
10.10 maverick
Fixed 6b18-1.8.13-0ubuntu1~10.10.1
10.04 LTS lucid
Fixed 6b18-1.8.13-0ubuntu1~10.04.1
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
openjdk-7 12.10 quantal
Not affected
12.04 LTS precise
Not affected
11.10 oneiric
Fixed 7u9-2.3.3-0ubuntu1~11.10.1
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Not in release
sun-java5 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life
sun-java6 12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
11.10 oneiric Not in release
11.04 natty Not in release
10.10 maverick Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored end of life

Notes

mdeslaur

in natty+, NetX and the plugin moved to the icedtea-web package

sbeattie

red hat description: It was discovered that the use of TimeZone.setDefault() was not restricted by the SecurityManager, allowing an untrusted Java application or applet to set a new default time zone, and hence bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1373-1
    • OpenJDK 6 vulnerabilities
    • 24 February 2012
    • USN-1373-2
    • OpenJDK 6 (ARM) vulnerabilities
    • 1 March 2012

Other references