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title: "CVE-2009-3880\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-3880

Publication date 9 November 2009

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

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

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## Description

The Abstract Window Toolkit (AWT) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun
Java SE 5.0 before Update 22 and 6 before Update 17, and OpenJDK, does not
properly restrict the objects that may be sent to loggers, which allows
attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to the
implementation of Component, KeyboardFocusManager, and
DefaultKeyboardFocusManager, aka Bug Id 6664512.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6b16-1.6.1-3ubuntu1 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6b14-1.4.1-0ubuntu12 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6b12-0ubuntu6.6 |
| 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 |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 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)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3880)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3880)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-3880)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-3880)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-859-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-859-1)
+ OpenJDK vulnerabilities
+ 12 November 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-3880>