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                        Note d'Information No. 2008/VULN597
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DATE                      : 17/12/2008

HARDWARE PLATFORM(S)      : /

OPERATING SYSTEM(S)       : Systems running Sun Java Wireless Toolkit
                                         for CLDC.

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http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-247566-1
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Solution Type Sun Alert
Solution  247566 :   Buffer Overflow Vulnerabilities in Sun Java Wireless
Toolkit for CLDC may Allow an Application to Escalate Privileges

Bug ID
6740989

Product
Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC

Date of Resolved Release
15-Dec-2008

SA Document Body
Buffer overflow vulnerabilities in Sun Java Wireless Toolkit (WTK) for CLDC
may allow an application to escalate privileges:

1. Impact

Two buffer overflow vulnerabilities in the Sun Java Wireless Toolkit (WTK)
for CLDC (Connected Limited Device Configuration) may separately allow a
malicious program to execute arbitrary code on the system running WTK with
the privileges of the WTK process. For a malicious program to exploit these
vulnerabilities, it would have to be downloaded and executed in the WTK.

2. Contributing Factors

These issues can occur in the following releases:
    * Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC 2.5.2 or earlier

3. Symptoms

There are no symptoms that would indicate the described issues have occurred.

4. Workaround

There are no workarounds for these issues. Please see the Resolution section
below.

5. Resolution

These issues are addressed in the following releases:
    * Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC 2.5.2_01 or later

Sun Java Wireless Toolkit for CLDC is available at:
    * http://java.sun.com/products/sjwtoolkit/


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213557.

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