SB2017102350 - Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 update for java-1.8.0-oracle
Published: October 23, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 21 vulnerabilities.
1) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10309)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access potentially sensitive information and cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Deployment component. A remote attacker can partially read and modify arbitrary files and cause partial denial of service on the target system.
2) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10388)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Libraries component. A remote attacker can escalate his privileges on the target system.
3) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10357)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Serialization component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service.
4) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10356)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 7.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Security component. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information.
5) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10355)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Networking component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service.
6) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10350)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the JAX-WS component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service.
7) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10349)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the JAXP component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service.
8) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10348)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Libraries component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service.
9) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10347)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Serialization component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service on the target system.
10) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10346)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Hotspot component. A remote attacker can escalate his privileges on the target system.
11) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10345)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Serialization component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service.
12) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-10165)
CWE-ID: CWE-200 - Exposure of sensitive information to an unauthorized actor
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the 2D (Little CMS 2) component. A remote attacker can read arbitrary files on the target system.
13) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10295)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Javadoc component. A remote attacker can partially modify arbitrary files on the target system.
14) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10293)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Javadoc component. A remote attacker can partially read and modify arbitrary files on the target system.
15) Privilege escalation (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10285)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the RMI component. A remote attacker can escalate his privileges on the target system.
16) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10281)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Serialization component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service on the target system.
17) Improper access control (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10274)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access potentially sensitive information.
The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Smart Card IO component. A remote attacker can read and modify arbitrary files on the target system.
18) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9843)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in zlib due to big-endian out-of-bounds pointer. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted document, trick the victim into opening it, and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
19) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9842)
CWE-ID: CWE-20 - Improper input validation
CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in zlib due to an undefined left shift of negative number. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted document, trick the victim into opening it, and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
20) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9841)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in zlib due to out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. A remote attacker can cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
21) Denial of service (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9840)
CWE-ID: CWE-125 - Out-of-bounds read
CVSSv4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.
The weakness exists in zlib due to out-of-bounds pointer arithmetic in inftrees.c. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted document, trick the victim into opening it, and cause the application to crash.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.