CVE-2008-2945

Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 2.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-06-30 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Sun Java System Access Manager 6.3 through 7.1 and Sun Java System Identity Server 6.1 and 6.2 do not properly process XSLT stylesheets in XSLT transforms in XML signatures, which allows context-dependent attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted stylesheet, a related issue to CVE-2007-3715, CVE-2007-3716, and CVE-2007-4289.

Affected products

Sun Java System Access Manager: 6.3, 7.0, 7.1
Sun Java System Identity Server: 6.1, 6.2

References

http://secunia.com/advisories/30893
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201538-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-294.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29988
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020380
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1967/references
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43429
http://secunia.com/advisories/30893
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-201538-1
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-294.htm
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/29988
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020380

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