CVE-2009-3876

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via crafted DER encoded data, which is not properly decoded by the ASN.1 DER input stream parser, aka Bug Id 6864911.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 11.25% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory sun.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory secunia.com Vendor Advisory vupen.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=126566824131534&w=2 vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36881 vdb entry
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=134254866602253&w=2 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A8608 vdb entry signature
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=131593453929393&w=2 vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200911-02.xml vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2009-1694.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10328 vdb entry signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/37231 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-11/msg00010.html vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A6805 vdb entry signature
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3131 vdb entry vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11934 vdb entry signature
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2010-084891.html
http://java.sun.com/javase/6/webnotes/6u17.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/37841 third party advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-66-270476-1 patch vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37239 third party advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:084 vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37386 third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2009-3876?
CVE-2009-3876 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2009-3876?
To fix CVE-2009-3876, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2009-3876 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2009-3876 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~11% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
This platform uses data from the NIST NVD, MITRE CVE, MITRE CWE, First.org and CISA KEV but is not endorsed or certified by these entities. CVE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CVE content is MITRE's CVE web site. CWE is a registred trademark of the MITRE Corporation and the authoritative source of CWE content is MITRE's CWE web site.
© 2025 Under My Watch. All Rights Reserved.