It was discovered that the Hotspot component in OpenJDK failed to properly handle malformed Shared Archive files. A local attacker able to modify a Shared Archive file used by a virtual machine of a different user could possibly use this flaw to escalate their privileges.
Find out more about CVE-2014-6468 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 6.2 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Complete |
| Integrity Impact | Complete |
| Availability Impact | Complete |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1636 | 2014-10-15 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.6.0-sun | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-sun | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-sun | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Not affected |
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