CVE-2008-5355
highpriority · track · 43EPSS 0.082 · 95 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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affected products (45)
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references (20)
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- http://osvdb.org/50498enisa_euvd
- http://secunia.com/advisories/37386enisa_euvd
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xmlenisa_euvd
- http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244989-1enisa_euvd
- http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=enisa_euvd
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021315enisa_euvd
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339enisa_euvd
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