CVE-2014-8891

Impact:
Critical
Public Date:
2015-02-04
Bugzilla:
1189142: CVE-2014-8891 IBM JDK: unspecified full Java sandbox bypass fixed in Feb 2015 update

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 5.0 before SR16-FP9, 6 before SR16-FP3, 6R1 before SR8-FP3, 7 before SR8-FP10, and 7R1 before SR2-FP10 allows remote attackers to escape the Java sandbox and execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors related to the security manager.

Find out more about CVE-2014-8891 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.8
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
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 Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0264 2015-02-24
Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0263 2015-02-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) RHSA-2015:0133 2015-02-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0134 2015-02-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0135 2015-02-05
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0264 2015-02-24
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0136 2015-02-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) RHSA-2015:0133 2015-02-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0135 2015-02-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.5.0-ibm) RHSA-2015:0136 2015-02-05

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