CVE-2008-3112

critical

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via the writeManifest method in the CacheEntry class, aka CR 6703909.

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00000.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00002.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-12/msg00003.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0955.html

http://secunia.com/advisories/31010

http://secunia.com/advisories/31055

http://secunia.com/advisories/31320

http://secunia.com/advisories/31497

http://secunia.com/advisories/31600

http://secunia.com/advisories/31736

http://secunia.com/advisories/32018

http://secunia.com/advisories/32179

http://secunia.com/advisories/32180

http://secunia.com/advisories/32436

http://secunia.com/advisories/32826

http://secunia.com/advisories/33194

http://secunia.com/advisories/35065

http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43666

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11102

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-238905-1

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-428.htm

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0594.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0906.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020452

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-193A.html

http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0016.html

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2056/references

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2740

http://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-08-042/

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-07-09

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 10

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Severity: Critical