CVE-2006-2426

Description

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier, and SDK 1.5.0_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.

Affected products

• sun / jdk1.5.0 – 1.5.0
• sun / jre1.5.0 – 1.5.0
• sun / sdk1.5.0_6 – 1.5.0_6

References

• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:137
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34632
• MISChttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/909
• MISChttp://www.illegalaccess.org/exploit/FullDiskApplet.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34675
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/434001/100/0/threaded
• MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-109.htm
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20132
• MISChttps://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10609
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34489
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0394.html
• MISChttp://www.osvdb.org/25561
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34495
• MISChttps://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2009-0377.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2006-06-02.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:162
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/1824
• MISChttp://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-0392.html
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/34496
• MISChttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26493
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-748-1
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://www.debian.org/security/2009/dsa-1769
• MISChttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/17981
• MISChttp://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2009-108.htm
• VENDOR_ADVISORYhttp://secunia.com/advisories/20457