CVE-2006-2426

Summary

CVECVE-2006-2426
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-05-17 10:06:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-18 16:39:00 UTC
DescriptionSun 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Jdk 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Jre 1.5.0 update6 All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.5.0_6 All All All
Application Sun Sdk 1.5.0_6 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.html MISC www.illegalaccess.org Exploit
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SecurityReason - JDK 1.4.2_11, 1.5.0_06, unsigned applets consuming all free harddisk space SREASON securityreason.com
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25561 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
Debian update for openjdk-6 - Secunia.com SECUNIA secunia.com
ASA-2009-108 (RHSA-2009-0392) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1769-1 openjdk-6 DEBIAN www.debian.org
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Ubuntu update for openjdk-6 - Advisories - Community SECUNIA secunia.com
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Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:162 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
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Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2009:137 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Sun Java Applet Font.createFont Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com
USN-748-1: OpenJDK vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
ASA-2009-109 (RHSA-2009-0394) CONFIRM support.avaya.com
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