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Title : Sun Java System Web Proxy Server FTP Heap Overflow
Advisory ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-2781
CVE ID : CVE-2008-4541
CWE ID : CWE-119
Rated as : Critical

Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-10-10

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A vulnerability has been identified in Sun Java System Web Proxy Server, which could be exploited by remote or local attackers to compromise a vulnerable system. This issue is caused by a heap overflow error in the FTP subsytem when processing malformed data, which could be exploited by remote attackers to crash an affected server or execute arbitrary code.

Credits

Vulnerability reported by iDefense Labs.

ChangeLog

2008-10-10 : Initial release

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