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title: "CVE-2009-1190\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2009-1190

Publication date 27 April 2009

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

Algorithmic complexity vulnerability in the java.util.regex.Pattern.compile
method in Sun Java Development Kit (JDK) before 1.6, when used with
spring.jar in SpringSource Spring Framework 1.1.0 through 2.5.6 and
3.0.0.M1 through 3.0.0.M2 and dm Server 1.0.0 through 1.0.2, allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via serializable
data with a long regex string containing multiple optional groups, a
related issue to CVE-2004-2540.

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| java | 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not in release |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not in release |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not in release |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| openjdk-6 | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |
| sun-java5 | 11.04 natty | Not in release |
| 10.10 maverick | Not in release |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not in release |
| 9.10 karmic | Not in release |
| 9.04 jaunty | Ignored end of life |
| 8.10 intrepid | Ignored end of life, was needs-triage |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Ignored end of life |
| sun-java6 | 11.04 natty | Not affected |
| 10.10 maverick | Not affected |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Not affected |
| 9.10 karmic | Not affected |
| 9.04 jaunty | Not affected |
| 8.10 intrepid | Not affected |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Not affected |
| 6.06 LTS dapper | Not in release |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2009-1190)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2009-1190)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2009-1190)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2009-1190)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2009-1190>
