CVE-2008-3440

CVE-2008-3440 affects Sun Java 1.6.0_03 and earlier (potentially later versions) where updater authenticity is not properly verified, enabling a man-in-the-middle attacker to run arbitrary code via a Trojan horse update (as demonstrated by evilgrade and DNS cache poisoning). The connected sources...

CVE-2008-3440: Improper Control of Generation of Code

Sun Java 1.6.003 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...