CVE-2008-3440

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.

Link	Resource
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-07/0250.html
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

Configuration 1

cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:*:03:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:1.6.0:02:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:sun:java:1.6.0:01:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Published : 2008-08-01 02:41

Updated : 2008-09-10 04:00

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NVD link : CVE-2008-3440

Mitre link : CVE-2008-3440

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