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ESB-2002.694 -- Macromedia Security Zone Bulletins -- MSPB02-14 - Patch available for web services denial-of-service vulnerability in JRun 4
Date: 12 December 2002

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

            ESB-2002.694 -- Macromedia Security Zone Bulletins
      MSPB02-14 - Patch available for web services denial-of-service
                          vulnerability in JRun 4
                             12 December 2002

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:                JRun 4.0
                        ColdFusion MX
Vendor:                 Macromedia
Impact:                 Denial of Service
Access Required:        Remote

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IMPORTANT:

Several security issues that may affect Macromedia JRun and
ColdFusion customers have come to our attention recently.

To learn about these new issues and what actions you can
take to address them, please visit the Security Zone at
the Macromedia website:

http://www.macromedia.com/security
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MSPB02-14 - Patch available for web services denial-of-service vulnerability in
JRun 4.0 and ColdFusion MX.

Originally Posted: December 11, 2002

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SUMMARY

Web services in JRun 4.0 and ColdFusion MX products are vulnerable to a denial of
service attack by passing incorrectly formed messages to the SOAP interfaces exposed
by ColdFusion MX and JRun. Both products use an XML parser (either Crimson or Xerces)
that can be made to run in an almost infinite loop with this specially form message  -
exhausting CPU resources.

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WHAT CUSTOMERS SHOULD DO:


We strongly encourage customers to download and install this patch immediately. 


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