PT-2009-5104 · Sun+1 · Sun Java Se 6+1

Published 2009-08-10 · Updated 2018-10-10 · CVE-2009-2720

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun Java SE 6 versions prior to Update 15

Description The issue is related to an unspecified vulnerability in the javax.swing.plaf.synth.SynthContext.isSubregion method within the Swing implementation. This vulnerability allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in a NullPointerException in the Jemmy library, via unknown vectors.

Recommendations For Sun Java SE 6 versions prior to Update 15, update to Update 15 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-2720

RHSA-2009:1199

RHSA-2009:1200

Affected Products

Java Platform

Sun Java Se 6

References · 9

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2720 · Security Note
• http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 · Note
• http://vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2720 · Note