CVE-2008-5353

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_18 and earlier does not properly enforce context of ZoneInfo objects during deserialization, which allows remote attackers to run untrusted applets and applications in a privileged context, as demonstrated by "deserializing Calendar objects".

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 91.29% Top 5%

Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126583436323697&w=2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672	vdb entry
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://secunia.com/advisories/34889	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/34233	third party advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021313	vdb entry
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://blog.cr0.org/2009/05/write-once-own-everyone.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/38539	third party advisory
http://landonf.bikemonkey.org/code/macosx/CVE-2008-5353.20090519.html
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/35065	third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33528	third party advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6511	vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/503797/100/0/threaded	mailing list
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html	vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339	vdb entry
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html	vendor advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244991-1	patch vendor advisory
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://secunia.com/advisories/34605	third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/35118	third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1391	vdb entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991	third party advisory
http://osvdb.org/50500	vdb entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608	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-2008-5353?: CVE-2008-5353 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2008-5353?: To fix CVE-2008-5353, 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-2008-5353 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2008-5353 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~91% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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