CVE-2008-3115

Description

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.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 28.33% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30142 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/31600 third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32018 third party advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32179 third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740 vdb entry
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020460 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32180 third party advisory
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43665 vdb entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238966-1 patch vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded mailing list
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third party advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
http://secunia.com/advisories/31010 third party advisory vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-3115?
CVE-2008-3115 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-3115?
To fix CVE-2008-3115, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2008-3115 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-3115 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~28% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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