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 severity
Medium
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CVSS v3 Base Score
4.3
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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

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2015-4749 Mitre: CVE-2015-4749