National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-3115

Overview

Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 6 through 15, does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases, which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-193A

Name: TA08-193A

Hyperlink:http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 238966

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238966-1

External Source: XF

Name: sun-securestatic-weak-security(43665)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/43665

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html

Hyperlink:http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1020460

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020460

External Source: BID

Name: 30142

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30142

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and patches for ESX and ESXi resolve multiple security issues

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2740

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2740

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-2056

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references

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: SECUNIA

Name: 32180

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32180

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32179

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32179

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32018

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31600

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31600

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 31010

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/31010

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20081004 VMSA-2008-0016 VMware Hosted products, VirtualCenter Update 3 and

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2008:042

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2008-09-24

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