A NULL pointer dereference flaw was found in the MulticastSocket implementation in the Libraries component of OpenJDK. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass certain Java sandbox restrictions.
Find out more about CVE-2014-6587 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.1 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:M/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | Single |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0264 | 2015-02-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0079 | 2015-01-22 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0079 | 2015-01-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0133 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0135 | 2015-02-05 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0080 | 2015-01-22 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0086 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0264 | 2015-02-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0085 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0067 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0068 | 2015-01-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0086 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0135 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0134 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0133 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0069 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0067 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0263 | 2015-02-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0079 | 2015-01-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0085 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0085 | 2015-01-26 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0086 | 2015-01-26 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.8.0-oracle | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | Not affected |
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