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Oracle Java SE Hash Collision DoS Vulnerability (Windows)
Information
Severity
Severity
Medium
Family
Family
Denial of Service
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
5.0
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Solution Type
Solution Type
Vendor Patch
Created
Created
11 years ago
Modified
Modified
5 years ago
Summary
This host is installed with Oracle Java SE and is prone to denial of service vulnerability.
Insight
Insight
The flaw is due to computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably.
Affected Software
Affected Software
Oracle Java SE 7 to 7 Update 5
Solution
Solution
Upgrade to Oracle Java SE version 7 Update 6
Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)
References
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/903934
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/06/17/1
- http://www.nruns.com/_downloads/advisory28122011.pdf
- http://www.ocert.org/advisories/ocert-2011-003.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=750533
- http://armoredbarista.blogspot.de/2012/02/investigating-hashdos-issue.
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/downloads/index.html