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title: "CVE-2009-2676\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2676

Publication date 5 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

Unspecified vulnerability in JNLPAppletlauncher in Sun Java SE, and SE for
Business, in JDK and JRE 6 Update 14 and earlier and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update
19 and earlier; and Java SE for Business in SDK and JRE 1.4.2\_21 and
earlier; allows remote attackers to create or modify arbitrary files via
vectors involving an untrusted Java applet that accesses an old version of
JNLPAppletLauncher.

## 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 | 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-2009-2676)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2676)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2676)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2676)

### 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=1-21-125136-16-1>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2676>
