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title: "CVE-2006-2426\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2006-2426

Publication date 17 May 2006

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

Sun Java Runtime Environment (JRE) 1.5.0\_6 and earlier, JDK 1.5.0\_6 and
earlier, and SDK 1.5.0\_6 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a
denial of service (disk consumption) by using the Font.createFont function
to create temporary files of arbitrary size in the %temp% directory.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| openjdk-6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6b12-0ubuntu6.4 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6b18-1.8.2-4ubuntu1~8.04.1 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 1.5.0-11-1ubuntu2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Ignored end of life, was needed |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 |
| 9.10 karmic | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 |
| 9.04 jaunty | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 |
| 8.10 intrepid | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 |
| 7.10 gutsy | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 |
| 7.04 feisty | Fixed 6-00-2ubuntu2 |
| 6.10 edgy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-2426)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2426)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2006-2426)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2006-2426)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-748-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-748-1)
+ OpenJDK vulnerabilities
+ 26 March 2009

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-2426>