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Category:   Application (Generic)  >   Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Vendors:   Oracle, Sun
(Red Hat Issues Fix) Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Double Precision Conversion Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service
SecurityTracker Alert ID:  1025105
SecurityTracker URL:  http://securitytracker.com/id/1025105
CVE Reference:   CVE-2010-4476   (Links to External Site)
Date:  Feb 22 2011
Impact:   Denial of service via network
Fix Available:  Yes  Vendor Confirmed:  Yes  

Description:   A vulnerability was reported in Java Runtime Environment (JRE). A remote user can cause denial of service conditions.

A remote user can trigger a flaw in the conversion of "2.2250738585072012e-308" to a double precision binary floating-point number to cause the target JRE engine to enter an infinite loop.

The following versions are affected:

JDK and JRE 6 Update 23 and prior
JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 27 and prior
SDK and JRE 1.4.2_29 and prior

Konstantin Preiber reported this vulnerability.

Impact:   A remote user can cause the target service to hang.
Solution:   Red Hat has issued a fix for java-1.4.2-ibm.

The Red Hat advisory is available at:

https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0292.html

Vendor URL:  www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2010-4476-305811.html (Links to External Site)
Cause:   State error
Underlying OS:   Linux (Red Hat Enterprise)

Message History:   This archive entry is a follow-up to the message listed below.
Feb 10 2011 Oracle Java Runtime Environment (JRE) Double Precision Conversion Error Lets Remote Users Deny Service



 Source Message Contents

Date:  Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:09:51 -0500
Subject:  [RHSA-2011:0292-01] Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm security update

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                   Red Hat Security Advisory

Synopsis:          Moderate: java-1.4.2-ibm security update
Advisory ID:       RHSA-2011:0292-01
Product:           Red Hat Enterprise Linux Extras
Advisory URL:      https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0292.html
Issue date:        2011-02-22
CVE Names:         CVE-2010-4476 
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1. Summary:

Updated java-1.4.2-ibm packages that fix one security issue are now
available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Extras and Red Hat Enterprise
Linux 5 Supplementary.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate
security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score,
which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in
the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras - i386, ia64, x86_64

3. Description:

The IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP8 Java release includes the IBM Java 2 Runtime
Environment and the IBM Java 2 Software Development Kit.

A denial of service flaw was found in the way certain strings were
converted to Double objects. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause
Java based applications to hang, for example, if they parsed Double values
in a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2010-4476)

All users of java-1.4.2-ibm are advised to upgrade to these updated
packages, which contain the IBM 1.4.2 SR13-FP8 Java release. All running
instances of IBM Java must be restarted for this update to take effect.

4. Solution:

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata
relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to
use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
https://access.redhat.com/kb/docs/DOC-11259

5. Bugs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

674336 - CVE-2010-4476 JDK Double.parseDouble Denial-Of-Service

6. Package List:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras:

i386:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm

ppc:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ppc64.rpm

s390:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390.rpm

s390x:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras:

i386:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras:

i386:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras:

i386:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.i386.rpm

ia64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.ia64.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.4.el4.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5):

i386:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm

ia64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ia64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ia64.rpm

ppc:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.ppc64.rpm

s390x:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390x.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390x.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390x.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.s390x.rpm

x86_64:
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-demo-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-devel-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-javacomm-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-plugin-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.i386.rpm
java-1.4.2-ibm-src-1.4.2.13.8-1jpp.3.el5.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security.  Our key and 
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

7. References:

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2010-4476.html
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
http://www.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/alerts/

8. Contact:

The Red Hat security contact is <secalert@redhat.com>.  More contact
details at https://www.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

Copyright 2011 Red Hat, Inc.
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