It was discovered that the floating point parser in OpenJDK, an implementation of the Java platform, can enter an infinite loop when processing certain input strings. Such input strings represent valid numbers and can be contained in data supplied by an attacker over the network, leading to a denial-of-service attack.

Updated java-1.6.0-openjdk packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

These packages provide the OpenJDK 6 Java Runtime Environment and the OpenJDK 6 Software Development Kit.

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 users of java-1.6.0-openjdk are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue. All running instances of OpenJDK Java must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Sun Java 1.6 was updated to Update 24 fixing various bugs and security issues.

The update is rated critical by Sun.

Following CVEs were addressed: CVE-2010-4452 CVE-2010-4454 CVE-2010-4462 CVE-2010-4463 CVE-2010-4465 CVE-2010-4467 CVE-2010-4469 CVE-2010-4473 CVE-2010-4422 CVE-2010-4451 CVE-2010-4466 CVE-2010-4470 CVE-2010-4471 CVE-2010-4476 CVE-2010-4447 CVE-2010-4475 CVE-2010-4468 CVE-2010-4450 CVE-2010-4448 CVE-2010-4472 CVE-2010-4474

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201406-32 (IcedTea JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in the IcedTea JDK. Please       review the CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the       privileges of the process, cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain       sensitive information, bypass intended security policies, or have other       unspecified impact.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Published	Updated	Severity
51977	Debian DSA-2161-1 : openjdk-6 - denial of service	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	2/15/2011	1/4/2021	medium
51952	RHEL 5 / 6 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (RHSA-2011:0214)	Nessus	Red Hat Local Security Checks	2/11/2011	1/14/2021	medium
75541	openSUSE Security Update : java-1_6_0-sun (openSUSE-SU-2011:0126-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	6/13/2014	1/14/2021	critical
76303	GLSA-201406-32 : IcedTea JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities (BEAST) (ROBOT)	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	6/30/2014	12/5/2022	critical

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