CVE-2015-4749
Public on 2015-07-16
Modified on 2015-08-24
Description
It was discovered that the JNDI component in OpenJDK did not handle DNS resolution errors correctly. An attacker able to trigger such DNS errors could cause a Java application using JNDI to consume memory and CPU time, and possibly block further DNS resolution.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | 2015-08-24 | ALAS-2015-586 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2015-07-22 | ALAS-2015-570 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2015-07-22 | ALAS-2015-571 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |