CVE-2012-5084

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2012-10-16
Bugzilla:
865511: CVE-2012-5084 OpenJDK: DefaultFormatter insufficient data validation (Swing, 7195194)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 7 and earlier, 6 Update 35 and earlier, 5.0 Update 36 and earlier, and 1.4.2_38 and earlier allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Swing.

Find out more about CVE-2012-5084 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-oracle) RHSA-2012:1391 2012-10-18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.4.2-ibm) RHSA-2012:1485 2012-11-22
Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1456 2013-10-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) RHSA-2012:1465 2012-11-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2012:1466 2012-11-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2012:1466 2012-11-15
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-ibm) RHSA-2012:1467 2012-11-15
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1455 2013-10-23
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1455 2013-10-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) RHSA-2012:1392 2012-10-18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.5.0-ibm) RHSA-2012:1465 2012-11-15
Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2013:1456 2013-10-23
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-sun) RHSA-2012:1392 2012-10-18
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) RHSA-2012:1385 2012-10-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) RHSA-2012:1386 2012-10-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) RHSA-2012:1384 2012-10-17

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.7.0-ibm Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.7.0-oracle Affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.7.0-openjdk Affected

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