Integer Overflow in InitialDirContext in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.4.2 and 1.5.0

CVE-2004-1503 · MEDIUM Severity

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

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.

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