Bug 474795 (CVE-2008-5355)

Summary:	CVE-2008-5355 JRE allows arbitrary code execution via DNS mitm attacks
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Marc Schoenefeld <mschoene>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED NOTABUG	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	jlieskov
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Description Marc Schoenefeld 2008-12-05 12:24:48 UTC

Name: CVE-2008-5355
Status: Candidate
URL: http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5355
Reference: SUNALERT:244989
Reference: URL:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244989-1

The "Java Update" feature for 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 verify the
signature of the JRE that is downloaded, which allows remote attackers
to execute arbitrary code via DNS man-in-the-middle attacks.

(windows only)

Comment 1 Jan Lieskovsky 2008-12-08 09:21:12 UTC

Another mention of this issue:

http://secunia.com/advisories/32991/ (Point 12) ).

Comment 2 Vincent Danen 2010-12-25 17:09:01 UTC

This is Windows-specific, so no need to keep the bug open.