PT-2009-5984 · Sun · Java Se

Mark J. Cox · Published 2009-11-09 · Updated 2017-09-19 · CVE-2009-3729

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Sun Java SE versions 5.0 before Update 22 Sun Java SE versions 6 before Update 17

Description The issue is related to an unspecified vulnerability in the TrueType font parsing functionality. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service, resulting in an application crash, via a certain test suite.

Recommendations For Sun Java SE versions 5.0 before Update 22, update to Update 22 or later to resolve the issue. For Sun Java SE versions 6 before Update 17, update to Update 17 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2009-3729

RHSA-2009:1560

Affected Products

Java Se

References · 8

• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml · Vendor Advisory
• http://java.sun.com/j2se/1.5.0/ReleaseNotes.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-3729 · Security Note
• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-3729 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 · Note
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A7537 · Note
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532904 · Note