This bug was fixed in the package openjdk-6 - 6b17-0ubuntu2
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openjdk-6 (6b17-0ubuntu2) lucid; urgency=low
* implement an execute bit checker for the Ubuntu Non-Exec Policy
(LP: #506702):
- debian/JB-java.desktop.in: update mime handler to use new launcher.
-- Kees Cook <[email protected]> Fri, 15 Jan 2010 17:01:46 -0800
** Branch linked: lp:ubuntu/mime-support
** Changed in: openjdk-6 (Ubuntu)
Status: In Progress => Fix Released
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needs to block non-executable files from executing
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/506702
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Status in “mime-support” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “nautilus” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
Status in “openjdk-6” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Status in “sun-java6” package in Ubuntu: In Progress
Status in “wine” package in Ubuntu: Fix Released
Bug description:
Binary package hint: nautilus
Following the ratification of the "Execute-Permission Bit Required" security
policy, several packages need to have their mime handlers updated to reject
opening of various file types that are actually executables when they lack the
execute bit.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/SecurityTeam/Policies#Execute-Permission%20Bit%20Required
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