CVE-2008-1187 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 6.8 Published 6 Mar 2008 Updated 7 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a JRE crash and potentially execute arbitrary code via XSLT transforms, requiring user interaction to trigger.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: A user has to click or open something
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2008-1187?

CVE-2008-1187 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Sun Jdk, published on 6 Mar 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and JDK 6 Update 4 and earlier, 5.0 Update 14 and earlier, and SDK/JRE 1.4.2_16 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JRE crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via unknown vectors related to XSLT transforms.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-1187?

It affects 3 products.

Linux distribution packages (15)

`java-1.4.2-bea` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3`
`java-1.4.2-bea-devel` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3`
`java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc` Red Hat:rhel_extras:3	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el3`
`java-1.4.2-bea` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-demo` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-devel` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-missioncontrol` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-src` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::client	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-demo` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-devel` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-missioncontrol` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`
`java-1.4.2-bea-src` Red Hat:rhel_extras:5::server	All versions	`0:1.4.2.16-1jpp.2.el5`

Products include Sun Jdk, Sun Jre, Sun Sdk.

How do I fix CVE-2008-1187?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2008-1187 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-1187 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-8m64-fhc9-rr82, RHSA-2008:0243.