CVE-2008-1188
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Multiple buffer overflows in the useEncodingDecl function in Java Web Start in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 4 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a JNLP file with (1) a long key name in the xml header or (2) a long charset value, different issues than CVE-2008-1189, aka "The first two issues."
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2008:0267 | 2008-05-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2008:0210 | 2008-04-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2008:0210 | 2008-04-03 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2008:0186 | 2008-03-06 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2008:0186 | 2008-03-06 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2008:0638 | 2008-08-13 |
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