CVE-2009-3877
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted HTTP headers, which are not properly parsed by the ASN.1 DER input stream parser, aka Bug Id 6864911.
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CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2009:1584 | 2009-11-16 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2010:0043 | 2010-01-14 |
| RHEL 5 Server for SAP (java-1.4.2-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1551 | 2009-11-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1694 | 2009-12-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1647 | 2009-12-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras (java-1.4.2-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1643 | 2009-12-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:1571 | 2009-11-10 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.3 (RHEL v.4) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2010:0043 | 2010-01-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.5.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:1571 | 2009-11-10 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:1560 | 2009-11-09 |
| 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-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2009:1560 | 2009-11-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.4.2-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1643 | 2009-12-08 |
| RHEL 4 AS for SAP (java-1.4.2-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1551 | 2009-11-04 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1694 | 2009-12-23 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1647 | 2009-12-08 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras (java-1.4.2-ibm) | RHSA-2009:1643 | 2009-12-08 |
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