CVE-2015-4749

CVE Details

Release Date:

2015-07-14

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.

See more information about CVE-2015-4749 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	4.3	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	None
Integrity Impact:	None	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1526	2015-07-31
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1230	2015-07-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1526	2015-07-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1229	2015-07-15
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1228	2015-07-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1526	2015-07-31
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1229	2015-07-15
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2015-1228	2015-07-15

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