CVE-2008-3440 | BDVDB-2026-31839 Detail

Description#

Sun Java 1.6.0_03 and earlier versions, and possibly later versions, does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update, as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/Francisco%20Amato%20-%20evilgrade%20-%20ENG.pdf
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
http://securitytracker.com/id?1020584
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12008-08-01Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.