| Name | CVE-2010-4476 |
| Description | The Double.parseDouble method in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.2_29 and earlier, as used in OpenJDK, Apache, JBossweb, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted string that triggers an infinite loop of estimations during conversion to a double-precision binary floating-point number, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072012e-308. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2161-1, DSA-2161-2 |
| Debian Bugs | 612660 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openjdk-6 | source | lenny | 6b18-1.8.3-2~lenny1 | DSA-2161-2 | ||
| openjdk-6 | source | squeeze | 6b18-1.8.3-2+squeeze1 | DSA-2161-1 | ||
| openjdk-6 | source | (unstable) | 6b18-1.8.7-1 | 612660 | ||
| sun-java6 | source | (unstable) | 6.24-1 |
[lenny] - sun-java6 <no-dsa> (non-free not supported)
[squeeze] - sun-java6 <no-dsa> (non-free not supported)
Patch http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/core-libs-dev/2011-February/005795.html
Oracle http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/alert-cve-2010-4476-305811.html
Original report http://www.exploringbinary.com/java-hangs-when-converting-2-2250738585072012e-308/