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TITLE:
Java Secure Socket Extension Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26015

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26015/

CRITICAL:
Moderately critical

IMPACT:
DoS

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Sun Java JDK 1.6.x
http://secunia.com/product/14273/
Sun Java JRE 1.6.x / 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/12878/
Sun Java JDK 1.5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4621/
Sun Java JRE 1.5.x / 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/4228/
Sun Java JRE 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/784/
Sun Java SDK 1.4.x
http://secunia.com/product/1661/
Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/2113/

DESCRIPTION:
A vulnerability has been reported in the Java Secure Socket Extension
(JSSE), which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS
(Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the Java Secure Socket
Extension (JSSE) when processing SSL/TLS handshake requests and can be
exploited to cause a DoS on an affected system that listens for
SSL/TLS connections using JSSE for SSL/TLS support.

The vulnerability affects the following versions for Solaris, Linux,
and Windows:
* JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier
* JDK and JRE 5.0 Updates 7, 8, 9, 10, and 11
* SDK and JRE 1.4.2_11, _12, _13, and _14

SOLUTION:
Update to the latest versions:

JDK and JRE 6 Update 2 or later:
http://java.sun.com/javase/downloads/index.jsp

JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 12 and later:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/download.jsp

SDK and JRE 1.4.2_15 and later:
http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.4.2/download.html

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Cisco Systems.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102997-1

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