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java-1.5.0-ibm: buffer overflow

Package(s):java-1.5.0-ibm CVE #(s):CVE-2008-3108
Created:July 31, 2008 Updated:November 18, 2009
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:
Gentoo 200911-02 2009-11-17
Red Hat RHSA-2008:1044-01 2008-12-18
Red Hat RHSA-2008:1043-01 2008-12-18
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:045 2008-09-17
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:043 2008-09-04
SuSE SUSE-SA:2008:042 2008-08-25
Red Hat RHSA-2008:0790-02 2008-07-31
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