50499 : Sun Java JDK / JRE Command Line Application Overflow
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-12-03

Keywords

6733959 HPSBUX02411 SSRT080111

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5354" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Stack-based buffer overflow in 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 allows locally-launched and possibly remote untrusted Java applications to execute arbitrary code via a JAR file with a long Main-Class manifest entry.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Commercial
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 17, JDK/JRE 6 Update 11, SDK/JRE 1.4.2_19, SDK/JRE 1.3.1_24 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

Tools & Filters

	35030

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-12-05 | Disagree?

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