Vulnerability in Sun Jdk

CVE-2008-5343

Java Web Start (JWS) and Java Plug-in with 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 allows remote attackers to make unauthorized network connections and hijack HTTP sessions via a crafted file that validates as both a GIF and a Java JAR file, aka "GIFAR" and CR 6707535.

EPSS: 0.051 (91.5th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

Affected products

Sun Jdk — versions 5.0, 6
Sun Jre — versions 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3
Sun Sdk — versions 1.4.2_1, 1.4.2_2, 1.4.2_3
N/a — versions n/a

References

cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)
cve@mitre.org (vdb-entry, x_refsource_VUPEN)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_SECUNIA, third-party-advisory)