CVE-2013-1489

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2013-01-27
Bugzilla:
906449: CVE-2013-1489 Oracle JDK 7: bypass of the security level setting in browser plugin (Deployment, SE-2012-01 Issue 53)

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 10 and Update 11, when running on Windows using Internet Explorer, Firefox, Opera, and Google Chrome, allows remote attackers to bypass the "Very High" security level of the Java Control Panel and execute unsigned Java code without prompting the user via unknown vectors, aka "Issue 53" and the "Java Security Slider" vulnerability.

Find out more about CVE-2013-1489 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 0
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) RHSA-2013:0237 2013-02-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-oracle) RHSA-2013:0237 2013-02-04

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.7.0-ibm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.5.0-ibm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.6.0-ibm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 java-1.7.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.7.0-ibm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.6.0-ibm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.5.0-ibm Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.7.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 java-1.4.2-ibm Will not fix

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