Sun SDKJDK/JRE up to 6u10 improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as critical has been found in Sun SDKJDK and JRE up to 6u10. Impacted is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2008-5355. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun SDKJDK and JRE up to 6u10 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 12/03/2008. The weakness was shared 12/03/2008 by Sebastian Apelt with Virtual Security Research (Website). The advisory is available at us-cert.gov. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-5355 since 12/04/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 $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 165624 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update Sun Java (SUSE-SA:2009:001)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 years 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 (47051), Tenable (42834), SecurityFocus (BID 32608†), OSVDB (50498†) and Secunia (SA37386†). The entries VDB-3956, VDB-43143, VDB-43142 and VDB-43141 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0

VulDB Base Score: 10.0
VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
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: 65822
OpenVAS Name: SLES10: Security update for Sun Java 1.4.2
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Recommended: Upgrade
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12/04/2008 +0 days 🔍
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01/21/2009 +47 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: us-cert.gov
Researcher: Sebastian Apelt
Organization: Virtual Security Research
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2008-5355 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-5355
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-45314

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X-Force: 47051
SecurityFocus: 32608 - Sun Java Runtime Environment and Java Development Kit Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 37386
OSVDB: 50498 - Sun Java JDK / JRE Java Update Mechanism Digital Signature Verification Weakness
SecurityTracker: 1021315
Vulnerability Center: 20576 - Sun Java Runtime Environment \, High
Vupen: ADV-2008-3339

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/25/2019 16:28
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (97), 08/25/2019 16:28 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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