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Status published
Medium
CVE-2008-1189
Buffer overflow in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and...
Vulnerability Description
Buffer overflow in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors, a different issue than CVE-2008-1188, aka the "third" issue.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30676
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0267.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00000.html
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1019549
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41135
- http://secunia.com/advisories/32018
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41029
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29897
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29498
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29239
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29858
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-066A.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-04/msg00010.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29582
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0770/references
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31497
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-233323-1
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0210.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30780
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41133
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9582
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0186.html
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29273
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Affected Vendor
Affected Software
jdk, jre, sdk
Vulnerable Versions:
1.5.0, 1.6.0, 1.4.2, 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_4, 1.4.2_5, 1.4.2_6, 1.4.2_7, 1.4.2_8, 1.4.2_9, 1.4.2_10, 1.4.2_11, 1.4.2_12, 1.4.2_13, 1.4.2_14, 1.4.2_15, 1.4.2_16
Timeline
Official Publish:
March 6th, 2008
Last Modified:
August 7th, 2024
Added to House:
July 18th, 2026
CVSS Vectors
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.