Denial of service in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2018-2677

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Denial of service in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2018-2677

Published: January 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10144
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-2018-2677
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, Java SE Embedded AWT component. A remote attacker can cause partial denial of service conditions.

Affected software

Oracle Java SE
Amazon Linux AMI
Debian Linux
IBM AIX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Power
SUSE Linux
Red Hat Satellite
IBM MQ
IBM Cognos Business Intelligence Server
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle (Red Hat package)

How to mitigate CVE-2018-2677

Install update from vendor's website.

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
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-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-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-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-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.7.0.171-1jpp.1.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.161-1jpp.1.el6_9, 1.8.0.161-1jpp.2.el7

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