CVE-2008-5352

Description

Integer overflow in the JAR unpacking utility (unpack200) in the unpack library (unpack.dll) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier, and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, allows untrusted applications and applets to gain privileges via a Pack200 compressed JAR file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.

Category

9.3
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 9.61% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015 third party advisory
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor advisory
http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34972 third party advisory
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33528 third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244992-1 patch vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339 vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html third party advisory us government resource
http://secunia.com/advisories/33709 third party advisory
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html vendor advisory
http://osvdb.org/50501 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991 third party advisory
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=759 third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6383 signature vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608 vdb entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021312 vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33710 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2008-5352?
CVE-2008-5352 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5352?
To fix CVE-2008-5352, 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-2008-5352 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2008-5352 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~10% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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