---
title: "CVE-2008-5355\n    | Ubuntu"
description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the
  desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things.
url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5355?format=md
keywords: index, follow
---

# CVE-2008-5355

Publication date 5 December 2008

Last updated 24 July 2024

---

Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

Toggle side navigation

## Description

The "Java Update" feature for Java Runtime Environment (JRE) for Sun JDK
and JRE 6 Update 10 and earlier; JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 16 and earlier; and
SDK and JRE 1.4.2\_18 and earlier does not verify the signature of the JRE
that is downloaded, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code
via DNS man-in-the-middle attacks.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2008-5355?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not affected |
| sun-java6 | 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

---

* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

---

### [kees](https://launchpad.net/~kees)

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-244989-1
6728071
internal Java Updates are disabled on Ubuntu

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-5355)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-5355)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2008-5355)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2008-5355)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-5355>