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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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-3426 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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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T09:37:26.974Z

Reserved: 2008-08-01T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2008-3440

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2008-08-01T14:41:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2008-3440

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