Denial of service in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2018-2657

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Denial of service in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2018-2657

Published: January 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10141
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-2657
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Java SE, JRockit Serialization component. A remote attacker can cause partial denial of service conditions.

Affected software

JRockit
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
Oracle Java SE
IBM AIX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
SUSE Linux
Red Hat Satellite
IBM MQ
IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager
java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package)
Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms
IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager

How to mitigate CVE-2018-2657

Install update from vendor's website.

java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
IBM Tivoli System Automation Application Manager - update to 4.1.0.1.0.7
Tivoli System Automation for Multiplatforms - addressed in versions 4.1.0.3.0.4, 4.1.0.4.0.1
IBM Tivoli Netcool Configuration Manager - addressed in versions 6.4.1.4.0.8, 6.4.2.6

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