CVE-2004-1503 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Integer overflow in the InitialDirContext in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2, 1.5.0 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Java exception and failed DNS requests) via a large number of DNS requests, which causes the xid variable to wrap around and become negative.

Published: 2005-02-19

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.4.2:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:sun:jre:1.5.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2004-1497	Integer overflow in the InitialDirContext in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2, 1.5.0 and possibly other versions allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Java exception and failed DNS requests) via a large number of DNS requests, which causes the xid variable to wrap around and become negative.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00928.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109994063331773&w=2
http://secunia.com/advisories/13142
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11619
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17990

History

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Sun Jre

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-02-19T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T00:53:24.048Z

Reserved: 2005-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2004-1503

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2004-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2004-1503

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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