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.
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MITRE
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2008-08-01T14:00:00
Updated: 2024-08-07T09:37:26.974Z
Reserved: 2008-08-01T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2008-3440
Vulnrichment
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NVD
Status : Analyzed
Published: 2008-08-01T14:41:00.000
Modified: 2008-09-10T04:00:00.000
Link: CVE-2008-3440
Redhat
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