Sun SDKJDK/JRE up to 6u10 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Sun SDKJDK and JRE up to 6u10 (Programming Language Software). This issue affects some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 untrusted JWS applications to perform network connections to unauthorized hosts via unknown vectors, aka CR 6727079.

The bug was discovered 12/03/2008. The weakness was shared 12/05/2008 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-5339 since 12/04/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 42834 (GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185080 (HP-UX Running Java Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02411)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47052) and Tenable (42834). The entries 3956, 43143, 43142 and 43141 are related to this item.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 42834
Nessus Name: GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 835195
OpenVAS Name: HP-UX Update for NFS/ONCplus HPSBUX02375
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-5339 (🔍)
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X-Force: 47052
Vulnerability Center: 20563 - Sun JRE and JDK Untrusted JWS Applications Remote Security Restrictions Bypass Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 30140
Secunia: 34233
OSVDB: 50497 - CVE-2008-5339 - Sun - Java - Unspecified Issue
Vupen: ADV-2008-3339

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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/03/2021 11:46
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (79), 08/25/2019 15:58 (6), 08/03/2021 11:46 (4)
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