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CVE-2008-5352 Detail

Description

Integer overflow in the JAR unpacking utility (unpack200) in the unpack library (unpack.dll) in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier, and JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, allows untrusted applications and applets to gain privileges via a Pack200 compressed JAR file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=759 CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html CVE, MITRE
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/50501 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/32991 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33015 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33528 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33709 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/33710 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34259 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/34972 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml CVE, MITRE
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244992-1 CVE, MITRE Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm CVE, MITRE
http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid= CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608 CVE, MITRE
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021312 CVE, MITRE
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html CVE, MITRE US Government Resource 
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339 CVE, MITRE
http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf CVE, MITRE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6383 CVE, MITRE
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-5352
NVD Published Date:
12/05/2008
NVD Last Modified:
04/08/2025
Source:
MITRE