CVE-2008-5352

N/A Unknown

Published: December 05, 2008 Modified: April 23, 2026

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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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=759

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://osvdb.org/50501

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/32991

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/33015

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/33528

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/33709

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/33710

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34259

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/34972

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://secunia.com/advisories/37386

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244992-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Vendor Advisory

http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://support.nortel.com/go/main.jsp?cscat=BLTNDETAIL&DocumentOID=829914&poid=

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/32608

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021312

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

US Government Resource

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3339

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://www116.nortel.com/pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6383

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=759