National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1189

Overview

Buffer overflow in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-1188, aka the "third" issue.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-066A

Name: TA08-066A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 233323

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233323-1

External Source: XF

Name: javawebstart-unspecified-bo(41135)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41135

External Source: XF

Name: javawebstart-multiple-unspecified-bo(41133)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41133

External Source: XF

Name: javawebstart-application-priv-escalation(41029)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41029

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1856

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-0770

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1019549

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019549

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0267

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0210

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:0186

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200806-11

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-20

Hyperlink:http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178

External Source: GENTOO

Name: GLSA-200804-28

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32018

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32018

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31497

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31497

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30780

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30780

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 30676

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/30676

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29897

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29897

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29858

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29858

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29582

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29582

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29498

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29498

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29273

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29273

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29239

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29239

External Source: OVAL

Name: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9582

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/getDef?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9582

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:025

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:018

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-24

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html

References to Check Content

Identifier:oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9582

Check System:http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5

Hyperlink:http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9582