Sun Java Runtime Environment and JDK color management library unspecified denial of service

sun-jre-jdk-colorlibrary-dos (41132) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Sun JRE and JDK are vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by multiple unspecified errors in the color management library. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to crash the application using unknown attack vectors.

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.1
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.10
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.2
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.3
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.4
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.5
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.6
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.7
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.8
  • Apple, Mac OS X 10.4.9
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.1
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.10
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.2
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.3
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.4
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.5
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.6
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.7
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.8
  • Apple, Mac OS X Server 10.4.9
  • Novell, Linux Desktop 9
  • Novell, Linux POS 9
  • Novell, Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell, Open Enterprise Server
  • Novell, OpenSUSE 10.2
  • Novell, OpenSUSE 10.3
  • Novell, SLE SDK 10 SP1
  • Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 10 SP1
  • Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10
  • Novell, SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 10 SP1
  • RedHat, Network Satellite Server 5.1
  • RedHat, RHEL Desktop Supplementary 5 Client
  • RedHat, RHEL Extras 4
  • RedHat, RHEL Supplementary 5 Server
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update11
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update13
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update14
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update9
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update8
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update7 B03
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update7
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update6
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update5
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update4
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update3
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update2
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update12
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update11 B03
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update1
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0
  • Sun, JDK 1.5.0 Update10
  • Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update2
  • Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update4
  • Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update1
  • Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update1 B06
  • Sun, JDK 1.6.0 Update3
  • Sun, JDK 1.6.0
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update14
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update5
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update10
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update11
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update7
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update8
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update9
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update6
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update4
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update2
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update13
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update12
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update1
  • Sun, JRE 1.5.0 Update3
  • Sun, JRE 1.6.0
  • Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update1
  • Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update2
  • Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update3
  • Sun, JRE 1.6.0 Update4
  • SuSE, SLE SDK 10
  • SuSE, SuSE SLES 9
  • VMware, ESX Server 3.5

Remedy:

Refer to Sun Alert ID: 233325 for patch, upgrade or suggested workaround information. See References.

For other distributions:
Apply the appropriate update for your system. See References.

Consequences:

Denial of Service

References:

Reported:

Mar 04, 2008

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