Sun Java RunTime Environment XML Parsing Unspecified Vulnerability

BID:27553

Info

Sun Java RunTime Environment XML Parsing Unspecified Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 27553
Class: Unknown
CVE: CVE-2008-0628
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Jan 31 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Jun 26 2008 12:21AM
Credit: Chris Evans and Johannes Henkel of the Google Security Team discovered this issue.
Vulnerable: Sun JRE (Linux Production Release) 1.6 _04
Sun JRE 6.0 Update 3
Sun JRE 6.0 Update 2
Sun JRE 6.0 Update 1
Sun JDK (Linux Production Release) 1.6 _04
Sun JDK (Linux Production Release) 1.6
Sun JDK 6.0 Update 3
Sun JDK 6.0 Update 2
Sun JDK 6.0 Update 1
Gentoo Linux
Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jre-bin 1.5.0.6
Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jre-bin 1.4.2.10
Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin 1.5.0.6
Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin 1.4.2.10
BEA Systems JRockit R27.5.0
BEA Systems JRockit R27.3.1
Not Vulnerable: Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jre-bin 1.5.0.7
Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jre-bin 1.4.2.11
Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin 1.5.0.7
Gentoo dev-java/ibm-jdk-bin 1.4.2.11

Discussion

Sun Java RunTime Environment XML Parsing Unspecified Vulnerability

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) is prone to an unspecified vulnerability that can occur when parsing malicious XML content.

Exploiting this issue will allow JRE to process external references even if it has been configured not to do so. Attackers can leverage this issue to launch further attacks or to cause denial-of-service conditions.

This issue affects JDK and JRE 6 Update 3 and earlier.

Exploit / POC

Sun Java RunTime Environment XML Parsing Unspecified Vulnerability

Currently we are not aware of any working exploits for this issue. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Sun Java RunTime Environment XML Parsing Unspecified Vulnerability

Solution:
The vendor released an advisory and patches. Please see the references for more information.


Sun JRE 6.0 Update 2

Sun JRE 6.0 Update 1

Sun JDK 6.0 Update 1

Sun JDK 6.0 Update 2

Sun JDK 6.0 Update 3

Sun JRE 6.0 Update 3

Sun JDK (Linux Production Release) 1.6

References

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