First published: Thu Mar 06 2008(Updated: )
Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka "The first two issues."
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Sun JDK | =1.6.0-update_4 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update3 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update11 | |
Sun JDK | =1.6.0-update_3 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update9 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update6 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update14 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update1 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update4 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update7 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update12 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update5 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update2 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update13 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update8 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0-update10 | |
Sun JDK | =1.5.0 | |
Sun JDK | =1.6.0 | |
Sun JRE | =1.6.0-update_3 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update2 | |
Sun JRE | =1.6.0-update_1 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update13 | |
Sun JRE | =1.6.0-update_2 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update12 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update8 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update11 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update7 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update3 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update5 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update14 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update6 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update9 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update1 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update10 | |
Sun JRE | =1.6.0-update_4 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0-update4 | |
Sun JRE | =1.5.0 | |
Sun JRE | =1.6.0 |
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CVE-2008-1188 is rated as critical due to its potential to allow remote code execution.
To fix CVE-2008-1188, update to Sun JDK and JRE versions that are beyond 6 Update 4 and 5.0 Update 14.
Yes, CVE-2008-1188 can be exploited remotely via malicious JNLP files.
Sun JDK versions 1.6.0_update 4 and earlier, and 1.5.0_update 14 and earlier are affected by CVE-2008-1188.
CVE-2008-1188 is a buffer overflow vulnerability.