CVE-2007-2789

N/A Unknown

Published: May 22, 2007 Modified: April 23, 2026

Description

The BMP image parser in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.5.0_11-b03 and 1.6.x before 1.6.0_01-b06, and Sun Java Runtime Environment in JDK and JRE 6, JDK and JRE 5.0 Update 10 and earlier, SDK and JRE 1.4.2_14 and earlier, and SDK and JRE 1.3.1_19 and earlier, when running on Unix/Linux systems, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (JVM hang) via untrusted applets or applications that open arbitrary local files via a crafted BMP file, such as /dev/tty.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=307177

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2007/Dec/msg00001.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Mailing List Third Party Advisory

http://scary.beasts.org/security/CESA-2006-004.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25295

Source: cve@mitre.org

Patch Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25474

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/25832

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26049

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26119

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26311

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26369

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26631

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26645

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/26933

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27203

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/27266

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/28056

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/28115

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29340

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/29858

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30780

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://secunia.com/advisories/30805

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200706-08.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-28.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-102934-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-200856-1

Source: cve@mitre.org

Broken Link

http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/4f850d1e2b871db609de64ec70f0089c.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://support.novell.com/techcenter/psdb/d2f549cc040cd81ae4a268bb5edfe918.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-December/001862.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001696.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001697.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.attrition.org/pipermail/vim/2007-July/001708.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200705-23.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200709-15.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200804-20.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200806-11.xml

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_45_java.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_56_ibmjava.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0817.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0829.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0956.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1086.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0100.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0133.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24004

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018182

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/1836

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3009

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/4224

Source: cve@mitre.org

Permissions Required

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34320

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34654

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10800

Source: cve@mitre.org

Third Party Advisory

http://dev2dev.bea.com/pub/advisory/248