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A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Sun JRE and JDK (Programming Language Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a resource management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-399. As an impact it is known to affect availability. CVE summarizes:
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 DER encoded data, which is not properly decoded by the ASN.1 DER input stream parser, aka Bug Id 6864911.
The weakness was released 11/05/2009 by Peter Vreugdenhil (regenrecht) with iDEFENSE (Website). The advisory is shared for download at sunsolve.sun.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2009-3876. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available.
A public exploit has been developed in Java. It is possible to download the exploit at securityfocus.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 67075 (CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2009:1584)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185067 (HP-UX Running Java, Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02503)).
Upgrading to version 1.5.0 eliminates this vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 8404.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (67075), SecurityFocus (BID 36881†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-23992†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-4206, VDB-51518, VDB-50752 and VDB-50750.
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Class: Resource managementCWE: CWE-399 / CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 67075
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2009:1584)
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OpenVAS ID: 66262
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Core 11 FEDORA-2009-11486 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)
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Vendor: oracle.comAdvisory: sunsolve.sun.com⛔
Researcher: Peter Vreugdenhil (regenrecht)
Organization: iDEFENSE
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2009-3876 (🔍)
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SecurityFocus: 36881 - Sun Java SE November 2009 Multiple Security Vulnerabilities
Vulnerability Center: 23992 - Sun Java SE in JDK, JRE and SDK Remote DoS Vulnerability Related to DER Encoded Data, Medium
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Created: 03/18/2015 03:15 PMUpdated: 08/27/2021 08:43 AM
Changes: 03/18/2015 03:15 PM (63), 02/16/2017 10:22 AM (14), 08/27/2021 08:39 AM (4), 08/27/2021 08:43 AM (1)
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