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Sun JDK JavaDoc Cross-Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA25769
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Release Date:
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2007-06-29
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Last Update:
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2007-07-04
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Popularity:
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10,816 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Cross Site Scripting
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
Sun Java JDK 1.6.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2007-3503
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Sun JavaDoc, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct cross-site scripting attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error when generating HTML documentation pages and can potentially be exploited to conduct cross-site scripting attacks on a website that hosts the generated documentation.
The vulnerability affects JDK 6 and JDK 5.0 Update 11 and earlier for Solaris, Linux, and Windows.
Solution:
Apply updates and regenerate any "index.html" page that was generated with an affected version.
JDK 6:
Update to JDK 6 Update 1 or later.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp
JDK 5.0:
Update to JDK 5.0 Update 12 or later.
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index_jdk5.jsp
Provided and/or discovered by:
The vendor credits Martin Straka.
Changelog:
2007-07-04: Added CVE reference.
Original Advisory:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102958-1
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