Sandbox Bypass Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [11.0.3,11.0.4)[12.0.1,12.0.2)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.19% (57th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-451657
  • published18 Jul 2019
  • disclosed17 Jul 2019
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 17 Jul 2019

CVE-2019-2786  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-693  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 11.0.4, 12.0.2 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Sandbox Bypass. The AccessController class implementation in the Security component of OpenJDK failed in certain cases, to consider the current context and correctly restrict privileges based on it. An untrusted Java application or applet could use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.

CVSS Scores

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