Sun Alert 270476 Two Security Vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment With Decoding DER Encoded Data and Parsing HTTP Headers may Result in a Denial of Service (DoS)

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Product: Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) Two vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment with decoding DER encoded data and parsing HTTP headers may separately allow a remote client to cause the JRE on the server to run out of memory, resulting in a DoS (Denial of Service) condition. Sun acknowledges with thanks, BFK edv-consulting GmbH, for bringing the first issue to our attention.State: ResolvedFirst released: 03-Nov-2009Sun Alert Link: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270476-1

Product: Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE)

Two vulnerabilities in the Java Runtime Environment with decoding DER encoded data and parsing HTTP headers may separately allow a remote client to cause the JRE on the server to run out of memory, resulting in a DoS (Denial of Service) condition.

Sun acknowledges with thanks, BFK edv-consulting GmbH, for bringing the first issue to our attention.

State: Resolved

First released: 03-Nov-2009

Sun Alert Link: http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270476-1

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