PT-2008-6470 · Oracle · Java Runtime Environment

Published 2008-12-05 · Updated 2019-07-31 · CVE-2008-5346

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.1

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 5.0 Update 16 and earlier Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 1.4.2 18 and earlier Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 1.3.1 23 or earlier

Description The issue allows untrusted applets and applications to read arbitrary memory via a crafted ZIP file. This is a result of an unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment.

Recommendations For Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, update to a version later than 5.0 Update 16. For Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 1.4.2 18 and earlier, update to a version later than 1.4.2 18. For Java Runtime Environment (JRE) versions 1.3.1 23 or earlier, update to a version later than 1.3.1 23.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-5346

RHSA-2008:1025

RHSA-2009:0016

RHSA-2009:0445

RHSA-2009:0466

Affected Products

Java Runtime Environment

References · 27

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-246386-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5346 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6629 · Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5346 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/35065 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/32991 · Note