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Sun Java Runtime Environment Font Parsing Remote Privilege Escalation Vulnerability

References:

• A Cross-browser, Cross-platform, Cross-architecture Bug in the JRE (John Heasman)
  
• RHSA-2007:0956-3 - java-1.5.0-bea security update (RedHat)
  
• Security update for IBMJava5-JRE,IBMJava5-SDK (SUSE)
  
• Sun Java Homepage (Sun Microsystems)
  
• Memory overwrites in JVM via malformed TrueType font (NGSSoftware Insight Security Research )
  
• About the security content of Java Release 6 for Mac OS X 10.4 (Apple)
  
• BEA07-177.00 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment (BEA Systems)
  
• RHSA-2007:1086-5 - java-1.4.2-bea security update (RedHat)
  
• RHSA-2008:0100-4 java-1.4.2-bea security update (Red Hat)
  
• RHSA-2008:0132-4 - java-1.4.2-ibm security update (Red Hat)
  
• Sun Alert ID 103024 (Sun Microsystems)