CVE-2007-5273

Description

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_20 and earlier, when an HTTP proxy server is used, allows remote attackers to violate the security model for an applet's outbound connections via a multi-pin DNS rebinding attack in which the applet download relies on DNS resolution on the proxy server, but the applet's socket operations rely on DNS resolution on the local machine, a different issue than CVE-2007-5274. NOTE: this is similar to CVE-2007-5232.

2.6

CVSS

Severity: Low

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 6.51% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0132.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1041.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3895	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29042	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://crypto.stanford.edu/dns/dns-rebinding.pdf
http://secunia.com/advisories/27693	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/0c36b6416afc3868b8b1b9012955e323.html
http://securitytracker.com/id?1018771	vdb entry patch
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_55_java.html	vendor advisory
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2007/Jul/0159.html	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/29897	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27206	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27804	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml	vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c01234533	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29858	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/45527	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0963.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25918	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0609	vdb entry vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200041-1	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27261	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-103078-1	patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482926/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://secunia.com/advisories/28777	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0156.html	vendor advisory
http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/272	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30780	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28880	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/27716	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29214	third party advisory vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29340	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10340	vdb entry signature
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5273?: CVE-2007-5273 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5273?: To fix CVE-2007-5273, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5273 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2007-5273 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~7% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.