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REDHAT-BUG-1357008

REDHAT-BUG-1357008: Medium severity openjdk 8 vulnerability

Published Jul 15, 2016

Updated

It was discovered that the JAXP component of OpenJDK did not enforce the maximum XML name limit (jdk.xml.MaxXMLNameLimit) when parsing namespace URIs in XML files. A specially crafted XML document could cause a Java application using JAXP to consume an excessive amount of memory and CPU time when parsed.

Affected Software

1 affected component

ORACLE OpenJDK

Event History

Jul 15, 2016

Data Sourced

via Red Hat·01:19 PM

DescriptionSeverityAffected Software

Frequently Asked Questions

Which deployments are exposed to this issue?

Java applications using the JAXP component of OpenJDK are exposed when they parse attacker-controlled or otherwise specially crafted XML documents.

Does setting jdk.xml.MaxXMLNameLimit protect namespace URIs?

No. The issue is that JAXP did not enforce jdk.xml.MaxXMLNameLimit while parsing XML namespace URIs.

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