National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-5351

Overview

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 accepts UTF-8 encodings that are not the "shortest" form, which makes it easier for attackers to bypass protection mechanisms for other applications that rely on shortest-form UTF-8 encodings.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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US-CERT Technical Alert: TA08-340A

Name: TA08-340A

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

External Source: SUNALERT

Name: 245246

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-245246-1

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0466

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-0672

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0672

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1021311

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1021311

External Source: BID

Name: 32608

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

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0445

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0369

Hyperlink:http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2009:0016

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

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-3339

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/3339

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: CONFIRM

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

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

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 35065

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/35065

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34972

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34972

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34889

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34889

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34605

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34605

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34447

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34447

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34259

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34259

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 34233

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/34233

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33710

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33710

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33709

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33709

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 33015

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/33015

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 32991

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/32991

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:1025

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

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2008:1018

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

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 50502

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/50502

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02411

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2

External Source: HP

Name: HPSBUX02411

Hyperlink:http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=123678756409861&w=2

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:010

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:018

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SR:2009:006

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

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SA:2009:007

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