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CVE-2008-5355

• Severity: critical (CVSS 10.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 8.2% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2008-12-05 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-287

Description

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.

Affected products

• Sun Jdk: through 5.0; through 6; 5.0-update_1, 5.0-update_10, 5.0-update_11, 5.0-update_12, 5.0-update_13, 5.0-update_14 (+19)
• Sun Jre: through 1.4.2_18; through 5.0; through 6; 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_4, 1.4.2_5, 1.4.2_6 (+37)
• Sun Sdk: through 1.4.2_18; 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3, 1.4.2_4, 1.4.2_5, 1.4.2_6 (+11)

References

• http://osvdb.org/50498
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
• http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244989-1
• http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021315
• http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339
• http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5664
• http://osvdb.org/50498
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

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