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title: "CVE-2009-2475\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2475

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

Sun Java SE 5.0 before Update 20 and 6 before Update 15, and OpenJDK, might
allow context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information via
vectors involving static variables that are declared without the final
keyword, related to (1) LayoutQueue, (2) Cursor.predefined, (3)
AccessibleResourceBundle.getContents, (4)
ImageReaderSpi.STANDARD\_INPUT\_TYPE, (5)
ImageWriterSpi.STANDARD\_OUTPUT\_TYPE, (6) the imageio plugins, (7)
DnsContext.debug, (8) RmfFileReader/StandardMidiFileWriter.types, (9)
AbstractSaslImpl.logger, (10) Synth.Region.uiToRegionMap/lowerCaseNameMap,
(11) the Introspector class and a cache of BeanInfo, and (12) JAX-WS, a
different vulnerability than CVE-2009-2673.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| java | 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| 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 | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6-15-1 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6-15-1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.9.04 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.8.04 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2475)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2475)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2475)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2475)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

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

### Other references

* <http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125139-16-1>
* <http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-118667-22-1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2475>
