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Unscored CVE-2008-3440 EUVD-2008-3426GHSA-56rx-ch74-jh4v

Sun Java 1.6.0_03 and earlier versions, and possibly later versions, does not properly verify the authenticity of updates, which allows man…

Published Aug 1, 2008 · Updated Aug 7, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

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.

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