Scientific Linux SL 6.x: CVE-2010-4476 Moderate: Java Denial of Service

Date: Thu, 3 Mar 2011 14:57:59 -0600
Reply-To: Troy Dawson 
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From: Troy Dawson 
Subject: Security ERRATA Moderate: java-1.6.0-openjdk on SL6.x i386/x86_64
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Synopsis:	Moderate: java-1.6.0-openjdk security update
Issue date:	2011-02-10
CVE Names:	CVE-2010-4476

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 instance if they parse Double
values in a specially-crafted HTTP request. (CVE-2010-4476)

All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for the update
to take effect.

SL 6.x

 SRPMS:
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.src.rpm
 i386:
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.i686.rpm
 x86_64:
java-1.6.0-openjdk-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-demo-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-devel-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-javadoc-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm
java-1.6.0-openjdk-src-1.6.0.0-1.36.b17.el6_0.x86_64.rpm

-Connie Sieh
-Troy Dawson