CVE-2008-3111 Information

Description

Multiple buffer overflows in Sun Java Web Start in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 4 JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16 and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allow context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted application as demonstrated by (a) an application that grants itself privileges to (1) read local files (2) write to local files or (3) execute local programs; and as demonstrated by (b) a long value associated with a java-vm-args attribute in a j2se tag in a JNLP file which triggers a stack-based buffer overflow in the GetVMArgsOption function; aka CR 6557220.

Reference

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://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 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/37386 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml 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://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0595.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0790.html http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/494505/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30148 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-08-043/ https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43664 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A10541