java-1.5.0-ibm: buffer overflow [LWN.net]

Package(s):

java-1.5.0-ibm

CVE #(s):

CVE-2008-3108

Created:

July 31, 2008

Updated:

September 17, 2008

Description:

IBM Java has a buffer overflow vulnerability. From the CVE database entry: Buffer overflow in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 10, SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18, and SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_23 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via unspecified vectors related to font processing.

Alerts:

Red Hat	RHSA-2008:0790-02	2008-07-31
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:042	2008-08-25
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:043	2008-09-04
SuSE	SUSE-SA:2008:045	2008-09-17

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