#VU86821 Infinite loop in Java Runtime Environment - CVE-2009-2625
Vulnerability identifier: #VU86821
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2009-2625
CWE-ID:
CWE-835
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Vulnerable software:
Java Runtime Environment
Client/Desktop applications /
Other client software
Vendor: Oracle
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to infinite loop. A remote attacker can send a malformed XML input to the application, consume all available system resources and cause denial of service conditions.
Mitigation
Install updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versions
Java Runtime Environment: before 5.0
External links
https://www.networkworld.com/columnists/2009/080509-xml-flaw.html
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-263489-1
https://www.codenomicon.com/labs/xml/
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-21-125136-16-1
https://www.cert.fi/en/reports/2009/vulnerability2009085.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1200.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1201.html
https://www.securitytracker.com/id?1022680
https://secunia.com/advisories/36176
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00325.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/36180
https://secunia.com/advisories/36162
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1199.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2009-August/msg00310.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/36199
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35958
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:209
https://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/Sep/msg00000.html
https://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2543
https://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA09-294A.html
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00001.html
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/09/06/1
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/22/9
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/23/6
https://svn.apache.org/viewvc/xerces/java/trunk/src/org/apache/xerces/impl/XMLScanner.java?r1=572055&r2=787352&pathrev=787353&diff_format=h
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2009/10/26/3
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00002.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/37300
https://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=125787273209737&w=2
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-272209-1
https://secunia.com/advisories/37671
https://secunia.com/advisories/37754
https://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1650.html
https://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1615.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1636.html
https://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1637.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/37460
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-10/msg00004.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-1649.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=512921
https://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA10-012A.html
https://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1984
https://secunia.com/advisories/38342
https://secunia.com/advisories/38231
https://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-890-1
https://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-77-1021506.1-1
https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2010-06/msg00001.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/43300
https://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0359
https://slackware.com/security/viewer.php?l=slackware-security&y=2011&m=slackware-security.486026
https://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2011:108
https://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0858.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2009-096303.html
https://secunia.com/advisories/50549
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1232.html
https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1537.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9356
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8520
https://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r204ba2a9ea750f38d789d2bb429cc0925ad6133deea7cbc3001d96b5@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
