CVE

Id
33557  
CVE No.
CVE-2008-3440  
Status
Candidate  
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.  
Phase
Assigned (20080801)  
Votes
None (candidate not yet proposed)  
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