CVE-2012-2739
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Find out more about CVE-2012-2739 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This flaw affects various versions of Java as shipped with Red Hat products. A patch is available for Java 7 and Java 8, but not for previous versions of Java shipped with Red Hat products. Although no patch is available for previous versions of Java as shipped with Red Hat products, the impact of this flaw has been addressed in several components that utilize Java HashMap in such a way that may expose a denial of service flaw.
CVSS v2 metrics
NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Low |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.5.0-ibm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-ibm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-sun | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-ibm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.5.0-ibm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-sun | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | java-1.6.0-sun | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | java-1.6.0-ibm | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | java-1.5.0-ibm | Will not fix |
Acknowledgements
Red Hat would like to thank oCERT for reporting this issue. oCERT acknowledges Julian Wälde and Alexander Klink as the original reporters.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation