Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before...

Vulnerability Description

Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, might allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors involving static variables that are declared without the final keyword, related to (1) LayoutQueue, (2) Cursor.predefined, (3) AccessibleResourceBundle.getContents, (4) ImageReaderSpi.STANDARD_INPUT_TYPE, (5) ImageWriterSpi.STANDARD_OUTPUT_TYPE, (6) the imageio plugins, (7) DnsContext.debug, (8) RmfFileReader/StandardMidiFileWriter.types, (9) AbstractSaslImpl.logger, (10) Synth.Region.uiToRegionMap/lowerCaseNameMap, (11) the Introspector class and a cache of BeanInfo, and (12) JAX-WS, a different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2673.

References

• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=513215
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36162
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36199
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-16-1
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html
• http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36180
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118667-22-1
• http://secunia.com/advisories/36176
• https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10221
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386