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Sid: 
10062

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Summary: 
This event is generated when an attempt is made to exploit a known vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine.

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Impact: 
Serious. Code execution is possible.

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Detailed Information:
A vulnerability in the Java Virtual Machine from Sun Microsystems may allow a remote attacker to excute code of their choosing via a buffer overflow which is present when processing GIF images.

The vulnerability occurs in the Image Width property of the image descriptor; if those two bytes are 0x0000, the overflow is triggered.

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Affected Systems:
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 9 and prior
SDK and JRE 1.4.2_12 and prior
SDK and JRE 1.3.1_18 and prior

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Attack Scenarios: 
An attacker would need to supply a malformed GIF image to an application using the Java Virtual Machine.

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Ease of Attack: 
Simple.

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False Positives:
None known.

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False Negatives:
None known.

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Corrective Action: 
Apply the appropriate vendor supplied patches.

Upgrade to the latest non-affected version of the software.

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Contributors:
Sourcefire Vulnerability Research Team
Alex Kirk <alex.kirk@sourcefire.com>
Nigel Houghton <nigel.houghton@sourcefire.com>

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