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CVE-2008-5355

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-287 Authentication Issues
Publication date:
05/12/2008
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The "Java Update" feature for Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for 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 does not verify the signature of the JRE that is downloaded, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via DNS man-in-the-middle attacks.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 10.00 HIGH
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete

Base Score 2.0
10.00
Severity 2.0
HIGH

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:* 5.0 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:* 6 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_7:*:*:*:*:*:*

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