Fix for JDK Double.parseDouble infinite loop

[Mark Wielaard]

On Wed, February 2, 2011 17:16, Andrew Haley wrote:
> The post on
> http://www.exploringbinary.com/java-hangs-when-converting-2-2250738585072012e-308/

This is hitting more and more media. e.g.
http://www.channelregister.co.uk/2011/02/07/java_denial_of_service_bug/

Since it seems to be a pretty serious security/denial of service attack
maybe we could at least get the fix into IcedTea6 and warn the various
distros they should apply it asap for their users?

Cheers,

Mark