CVE-2008-3107
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Unspecified vulnerability in the Virtual Machine in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in JDK and JRE 6 before Update 7, JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 16, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_18 allows context-dependent attackers to gain privileges via an untrusted (1) application or (2) applet, as demonstrated by an application or applet that grants itself privileges to (a) read local files, (b) write to local files, or (c) execute local programs.
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2008:0636 | 2008-08-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2008:0595 | 2008-07-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2008:0595 | 2008-07-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras | RHSA-2008:0594 | 2008-07-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2008:0594 | 2008-07-14 |
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