CVE-2004-1503 Information

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.

Reference

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