Description
(1) Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and (2) Software Development Kit (SDK) 1.4.2_08, 1.4.2_09, and 1.5.0_05 and possibly other versions allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM unresponsive) via a crafted serialized object, such as a font object as demonstrated on JBoss.
References
- 143 third-party-advisory
- 20051104 Remotely DoSing JBoss 4.0.2 with serialized java objects mailing-list
- 15312 vdb-entry
- 17478 third-party-advisory