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CVE-2008-5348

20
FAUCET Score

CVE-2008-5348 describes an unspecified denial-of-service vulnerability affecting Sun JDK, JRE, and SDK versions 6 Update 10 and earlier, 5.0 Update 16 and earlier, and 1.4.2_18 and earlier, specifically when Kerberos authentication is in use. This vulnerability, with a CVSS score of 7.1 (High), allows remote attackers to exhaust OS resources through unknown vectors, indicating a network-based attack with medium complexity and a complete impact on availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_16:*:*:*:*:*:*
<= 6CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:*:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_1:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_10:*:*:*:*:*:*
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:5.0:update_11:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

7.1HIGH

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
COMPLETE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
6.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
4.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
90.1%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0431 is in the 54th percentile among its peer group of 8,918 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.1 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Patch Available

Vendor Patches (12)

redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 3Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el3
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.3-1jpp.3.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.4.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Extras for RHEL 4Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el4
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.2Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.17-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.6.0-ibm-1:1.6.0.3-1jpp.1.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.5.0-ibm-1:1.5.0.9-1jpp.2.el5
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redhatpatch availablevia redhat_api
Product: Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5Fixed in: java-1.4.2-ibm-0:1.4.2.13-1jpp.1.el5
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Vendor Advisories (1)

redhatCVE-2008-5348Moderate

OpenJDK Denial-Of-Service in kerberos authentication (6588160)

Dec 4, 2008

References

lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-01/msg00009.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-03/msg00001.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-04/msg00004.html
lists.opensuse.org / opensuse-security-announce/2009-05/msg00000.html
marc.info
marc.info
osvdb.org / 50505
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1018.html
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2008-1025.html
secunia.com / advisories/32991
secunia.com / advisories/33015
secunia.com / advisories/33528
secunia.com / advisories/33709
secunia.com / advisories/33710
secunia.com / advisories/34233
secunia.com / advisories/34259
secunia.com / advisories/34605
secunia.com / advisories/34889
secunia.com / advisories/34972
secunia.com / advisories/35065
secunia.com / advisories/37386
secunia.com / advisories/38539
security.gentoo.org / glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml
oval.cisecurity.org / repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6549
rhn.redhat.com / errata/RHSA-2009-0466.html
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
PatchVendor Advisory
sunsolve.sun.com / search/document.do
support.avaya.com / elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-012.htm
support.nortel.com / go/main.jsp
www116.nortel.com / pub/repository/CLARIFY/DOCUMENT/2009/03/024431-01.pdf
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0015.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0016.html
redhat.com / support/errata/RHSA-2009-0445.html
securityfocus.com / bid/32608
us-cert.gov / cas/techalerts/TA08-340A.html
US Government Resource
vupen.com / english/advisories/2009/0672