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CVE-2006-2426

Published: May 17, 2006 | Modified: Apr 03, 2025
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
6.4 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
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Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2426
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/NVD-Other.html

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 Software

NameVendorStart VersionEnd Version
JdkSun1.5.0-update6 (including)1.5.0-update6 (including)
JreSun1.5.0-update6 (including)1.5.0-update6 (including)
SdkSun1.5.0_6 (including)1.5.0_6 (including)
Extras for RHEL 4RedHatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el4*
Extras for RHEL 4RedHatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el4*
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatjava-1.6.0-openjdk-1:1.6.0.0-0.30.b09.el5*
Red Hat Network Satellite Server v 5.1RedHatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.22-1jpp.1.el4*
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatjava-1.6.0-sun-1:1.6.0.13-1jpp.1.el5*
Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5RedHatjava-1.5.0-sun-0:1.5.0.18-1jpp.1.el5*
Openjdk-6Ubuntuhardy*
Openjdk-6Ubuntuintrepid*
Sun-java5Ubuntudapper*
Sun-java5Ubuntuedgy*
Sun-java5Ubuntufeisty*
Sun-java5Ubuntugutsy*
Sun-java5Ubuntuhardy*
Sun-java5Ubuntuintrepid*
Sun-java5Ubuntujaunty*
Sun-java6Ubuntufeisty*
Sun-java6Ubuntugutsy*
Sun-java6Ubuntuhardy*
Sun-java6Ubuntuintrepid*
Sun-java6Ubuntujaunty*
Sun-java6Ubuntukarmic*
Sun-java6Ubuntulucid*

References

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