Sun SDK up to 1.3.x memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Sun SDK up to 1.3.x. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-3108. There is not any exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun SDK up to 1.3.x. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Buffer overflow in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 10, SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_23 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to font processing.

The bug was discovered 07/08/2008. The weakness was released 07/09/2008 by John Heasman (Website). The advisory is shared for download at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-3108 since 07/09/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

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 $25k-$100k. 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 165697 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Sun Java (SUSE-SA:2008:042)).

Upgrading to version 1.3.1 01 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 (43656), Tenable (42834), SecurityFocus (BID 30147†), OSVDB (46962†) and Secunia (SA31010†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-3956, VDB-41366, VDB-41365 and VDB-43143. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 42834
Nessus Name: GLSA-200911-02 : Sun JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 850030
OpenVAS Name: SurgeMail SurgeWeb Cross Site Scripting Vulnerability
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: SDK 1.3.1 01
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: John Heasman
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-3108 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-3108
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-43136

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X-Force: 43656
SecurityFocus: 30147 - Sun Java Runtime Environment Font Processing Buffer Overflow Vulnerability
Secunia: 31010
OSVDB: 46962 - CVE-2008-3108 - Sun - Multiple Products - Buffer Overflow Issue
SecurityTracker: 1020461
Vulnerability Center: 18802 - Sun JRE Buffer Overflow Related to Font Processing Allows Privilege Escalation, Critical
Vupen: ADV-2008-2056

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 12:19
Updated: 08/13/2019 09:12
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (82), 08/13/2019 09:12 (12)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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