CVE-2008-3115 Information

Description

Secure Static Versioning in Sun Java JDK and JRE 6 Update 6 and earlier and 5.0 Update 6 through 15 does not properly prevent execution of applets on older JRE releases which might allow remote attackers to exploit vulnerabilities in these older releases.

Reference

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008/Sep/msg00008.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-08/msg00005.html http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=122331139823057&w=2 http://secunia.com/advisories/31010 http://secunia.com/advisories/31600 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=1-66-238966-1 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3178 http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3179 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497041/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30142 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020460 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 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43665