Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, does not prevent the existence of children of a resurrected ClassLoader, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to an "information leak vulnerability," aka Bug Id 6636650.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.01276.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions
n/a n/a affected
Version Status Constraints
n/a affected —

Configuration 1 [-]

OR cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_21:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_17:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_18:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_19:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_20:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.6.0:update_9:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:openjdk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Package CPE Advisory Released Date
Extras for RHEL 4
java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.1.el4 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras:4 RHSA-2009:1560 2009-11-09T00:00:00Z
java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras:4 RHSA-2009:1571 2009-11-10T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-1.7.b09.el5 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5 RHSA-2009:1584 2009-11-16T00:00:00Z
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1
java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4 cpe:/a:redhat:network_satellite:5.1::el4 RHSA-2009:1662 2009-12-11T00:00:00Z
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.17-1jpp.2.el5 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras:5 RHSA-2009:1560 2009-11-09T00:00:00Z
java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el5 cpe:/a:redhat:rhel_extras:5 RHSA-2009:1571 2009-11-10T00:00:00Z

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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2009-3852 Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, does not prevent the existence of children of a resurrected ClassLoader, which allows remote attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors, related to an "information leak vulnerability," aka Bug Id 6636650.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-859-1 OpenJDK vulnerabilities
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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084 cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=530173 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3881 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11484 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6906 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3881 cve-icon
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T06:45:50.425Z

Reserved: 2009-11-05T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2009-3881

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2009-11-09T19:30:00.500

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2009-3881

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Important

Publid Date: 2009-11-03T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2009-3881 - Bugzilla

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