CVE-2006-2426
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2009:0377 | 2009-04-07 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:0392 | 2009-03-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:0394 | 2009-03-26 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:1662 | 2009-12-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:0394 | 2009-03-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:0392 | 2009-03-26 |
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