Veracode Vulnerability DatabaseVERACODE:23554Denial Of Service (DoS)
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
java is vulnerable to denial of service (DoS). The vulenrability exists as a flaw was found in the way that the Java Virtual Machine (JVM) handled temporary font files. A malicious applet could use this flaw to use large amounts of disk space, causing a denial of service.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| java-1.6.0-openjdk | eq | 1.6.0.0__0.25.b09.el5 | |
| java-1.6.0-openjdk | eq | 1.6.0.0__0.25.b09.el5 |
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Related
6.4 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P