CVE-2016-0466
Public on 2016-01-21
Modified on 2016-02-19
Description
It was discovered that the JAXP component in OpenJDK did not properly enforce the totalEntitySizeLimit limit. An attacker able to make a Java application process a specially crafted XML file could use this flaw to make the application consume an excessive amount of memory.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | 2016-02-19 | ALAS-2016-654 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2016-02-09 | ALAS-2016-643 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2016-02-09 | ALAS-2016-647 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P |