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CVE-2008-3111 Detail

Current Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application, as demonstrated by (a) an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files, (2) write to local files, or (3) execute local programs; and as demonstrated by (b) a long value associated with a java-vm-args attribute in a j2se tag in a JNLP file, which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the GetVMArgsOption function; aka CR 6557220.


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238905-1 Patch 
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494505/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30148
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020452
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html US Government Resource 
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references Vendor Advisory 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 Vendor Advisory 
http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-043/
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43664
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10541

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-119 Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer cwe source acceptance level NIST  
CWE-20 Improper Input Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-3111
NVD Published Date:
07/09/2008
NVD Last Modified:
10/30/2018
Source:
MITRE