CVE-2008-3440

Publication date 1 August 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

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.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
openjdk-6 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy Not in release
7.04 feisty Not in release
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release
sun-java5 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life, was needed
sun-java6 8.10 intrepid
Not affected
8.04 LTS hardy
Not affected
7.10 gutsy
Not affected
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Not in release

Notes

mdeslaur

AFAICT, sun-java5, sun-java6 and openjdk-6 don't do auto-updates Debian marked this CVE as Windows-only (java updater for Windows)

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