CVE-2009-3883

Description

Multiple unspecified vulnerabilities in the Windows Pluggable Look and Feel (PL&F) feature in the Swing implementation in Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, have unknown impact and remote attack vectors, related to "information leaks in mutable variables," aka Bug Id 6657138.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.74% Top 30%
Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10191 vdb entry signature
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530175
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6968 vdb entry signature
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html vendor advisory
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3883?
CVE-2009-3883 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3883?
To fix CVE-2009-3883, 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-2009-3883 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2009-3883 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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