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title: "CVE-2009-1896\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1896

Publication date 10 August 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Medium**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

The Java Web Start framework in IcedTea in OpenJDK before
1.6.0.0-20.b16.fc10 on Fedora 10, and before 1.6.0.0-27.b16.fc11 on Fedora
11, trusts an entire application when at least one of the listed jar files
is trusted, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary
code without the untrusted-code restrictions via a crafted application,
related to NetX.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1896?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu11 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6b12-0ubuntu6.5 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6b18-1.8.2-4ubuntu1~8.04.1 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-1896?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur)

openjdk specific

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | * Vendor:   <http://cvs.fedora.redhat.com/viewvc/devel/java-1.6.0-openjdk/java-1.6.0-openjdk-netxandplugin.patch?revision=1.1> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1896)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1896)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1896)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1896)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-814-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-814-1)
+ OpenJDK vulnerabilities
+ 11 August 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1896>