PT-2008-2782 · Sun · Jre+1

Published 2008-03-06 · Updated 2019-07-31 · CVE-2008-1189

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 4 and earlier Sun JDK and JRE versions 5.0 Update 14 and earlier Sun SDK/JRE version 1.4.2 16 and earlier

Description A buffer overflow issue in Java Web Start allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code. This issue is related to unknown vectors and is distinct from other known problems.

Recommendations For Sun JDK and JRE versions 6 Update 4 and earlier, update to a version later than Update 4 to resolve the issue. For Sun JDK and JRE versions 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, update to a version later than Update 14 to resolve the issue. For Sun SDK/JRE version 1.4.2 16 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.4.2 16 to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Buffer Overflow

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-119

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1189

RHSA-2008:0132

RHSA-2008:0186

RHSA-2008:0210

RHSA-2008:0267

RHSA-2008:0638

Affected Products

Jdk

Jre

References · 33

• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1189 · Security Note
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/31497 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1019549 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references · Note