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CVE-2004-2216 Sun Java System Web Server

Affected softwareSun Java System Web Server
Severity5.0 Medium CVSS 2.0
Published31 Dec 2004
Updated16 Jun 2026

Description

Unknown vulnerability in Sun Java System Web Server 6.0 SP7 and earlier and 6.1 SP1 and earlier, and Application Server 7 Update 4 and earlier, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via a malformed client certificate.

Exploitation status

No public exploit

No exploit has been reported in the sources we check. Published 21 years ago.

  • CISA KEV not listed
  • VulnCheck KEV not listed
  • CISA Vulnrichment no assessment published
  • Indexed PoC none indexed
  • EPSS 1.6% chance in 30 days

Waratek protection

No exploit published

Within Waratek scope. In the sources we check, nobody has published exploit code for this CVE or reported it being exploited.

VRT has not found a public code change for this CVE yet.

  • Protection none
  • Action not pursued
  • Review automated Upstream data
  • Record active
Decided by Nothing to build a rule from yet: no published exploit, no CISA record of exploitation and no source-level change to read
Finding This CVE affects a known product, but nothing published names a fix and nothing published shows an exploit. That is a statement about the evidence, not about the defect — it does not mean the vulnerability is unimportant or unreachable, only that neither of the two things VRT can act on exists.

Affected software and releases

Products and versions

2 products, 11 version entries
SourceVendorProductSchemeAffected versions
nvd sun java system application server generic 7.0
nvd sun java system web server generic 6.0 · 6.0:sp1 · 6.0:sp2 · 6.0:sp3 · 6.0:sp4 · 6.0:sp5 · 6.0:sp6 · 6.0:sp7 · 6.1 · 6.1:sp1

References

URLTags
http://secunia.com/advisories/13072 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-101589-1
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-57669-1 Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.osvdb.org/11383 Patch
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/11593 Patch
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17941

Timeline

Published2004-12-31By the CVE Program.
NVD record modified2026-06-16NVD's own last-modified date for this record.