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TITLE:
Oracle Glassfish Products Denial of Service Vulnerability

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA46523

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RELEASE DATE:
2011-10-20

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DESCRIPTION:
Oracle has acknowledged a vulnerability in Glassfish Communications
Server and Glassfish Enterprise Server, which can be exploited by
malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error within the
Web Container component.

The vulnerability is reported in Glassfish Communications Server
version 2.0 and GlassFish Enterprise Server 2.1.1, 3.0.1, and 3.1.1.

SOLUTION:
Apply patches (see vendor's advisory for details).

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
It is currently unclear who reported this vulnerability as the Oracle
Critical Patch Update for October 2011 only provides a bundled list of
credits. This section will be updated when/if the original reporter
provides more information.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Oracle:
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuoct2011-330135.html#AppendixSUNS

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