Sun SDKJDK/JRE up to 5.0 denial of service

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Sun SDKJDK and JRE up to 5.0 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier, and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via a crafted RSA public key.

The bug was discovered 12/03/2008. The weakness was presented 12/03/2008 by Sebastian Apelt with Virtual Security Research (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5349 since 12/04/2008. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.

A public exploit has been developed in Ruby. The exploit is available at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 1 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 41954 (SuSE9 Security Update : IBM Java2 JRE and SDK (YOU Patch Number 12511)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185078 (HP-UX Running Java, Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02429)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published 11 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8606.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (47064) and Tenable (41954). See 3956, 9596, 45965 and 45319 for similar entries.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 41954
Nessus Name: SuSE9 Security Update : IBM Java2 JRE and SDK (YOU Patch Number 12511)
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OpenVAS ID: 860412
OpenVAS Name: Family Connections argv[1] Parameter Remote Arbitrary Command Execution Vulnerability
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Sebastian Apelt
Organization: Virtual Security Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5349 (🔍)
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X-Force: 47064
SecurityTracker: 1021309
Vulnerability Center: 20218 - Sun JRE and JDK Remote CPU Consumption DoS Vulnerability via a Crafted RSA Public Key, Medium
SecurityFocus: 32608 - Sun Java Runtime Environment and Java Development Kit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 34259 - SUSE Update for Multiple Packages, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 50504 - Sun Java JDK / JRE RSA Public Key Processing Resource Consumption DoS
Vupen: ADV-2008-3339

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/21/2019 20:23
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (100), 08/21/2019 20:23 (3)
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