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CVE-2008-3440
Published: Aug 1, 2008
Modified: Aug 7, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
http://www.infobyte.com.ar/down/isr-evilgrade-1.0.0.tar.gz
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1020584
vdb-entry
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20080728 Tool release: [evilgrade] - Using DNS cache poisoning to exploit poor update implementations
mailing-list
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