Apache Tomcat affected by infinite loop in Double.parseDouble method in Java Runtime Environment
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. Apache Tomcat introduced workarounds to avoid being affected by this issue in versions 7.0.7, 6.0.32, and 5.5.33.
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2010-4476US | medium5.0 | Exploit | ||
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… | ||||
references
External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://blog.fortify.com/blog/2011/02/08/Double-TroubleWEB
- http://blogs.oracle.com/security/2011/02/security_alert_for_cve-2010-44.htmlWEB
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053926.htmlWEB
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-February/053934.htmlWEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-05/msg00004.htmlWEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2011-07/msg00010.htmlWEB
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129899347607632&w=2WEB
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=129960314701922&w=2WEB
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