50515 : Sun Java JDK / JRE GIF Image Decoding Memory Corruption
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2008-12-03

Time to Patch	Time to Vendor Response
63 days	35 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-5358" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier might allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted GIF file that triggers memory corruption during display of the splash screen, possibly related to splashscreen.dll.

Classification

Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Private
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version JDK/JRE 5.0 Update 17, JDK/JRE 6 Update 11, SDK/JRE 1.4.2_19, SDK/JRE 1.3.1_24 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-5358 (see also: NVD)
Secunia Advisory ID: 32991 33015 33056 33187 33457 33709 34233 34259 34447 34605 37386 38539
Related OSVDB ID: 50495 50496 50497 50498 50499 50500 50501 50502 50503 50504 50505 50506 50507 50508 50516 50517
Keyword: c02000725, HPSBMA02486, SSRT090049
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-12/0048.html
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c02000725
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-244987-1
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2009_18_ibmjava.html
http://www13.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=emr_na-c01683026
Other Advisory URL: http://labs.idefense.com/intelligence/vulnerabilities/display.php?id=758
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-484.htm
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00001.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-security-announce/2009-January/000832.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-December/msg00384.html
RedHat RHSA: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0369.html

Tools & Filters

	35030

Credit

regenrecht - iDefense Labs VCP

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 9.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-12-05 | Disagree?

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