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title: "CVE-2009-2718\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-2718

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 Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) implementation in Sun Java SE 6 before
Update 15 on X11 does not impose the intended constraint on distance from
the window border to the Security Warning Icon, which makes it easier for
context-dependent attackers to trick a user into interacting unsafely with
an untrusted applet.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2009-2718?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 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 | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6.20dlj-1ubuntu3 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6.20dlj-0ubuntu1.9.10 |
| 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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* [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-2009-2718?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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

Sun bug 6818787

### 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 | * Upstream:   <http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7/awt/jdk/rev/e0636bb69562> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-2718)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-2718)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-2718)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-2718)

### Other references

* <http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u15.html>
* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-2718>