Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-3509

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Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-3509

Published: May 24, 2017 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6668
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3509
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unknown error. A remote attacker can read and modify arbitrary files.


Affected software

IBM AIX
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Red Hat Satellite
IBM Cognos Controller
java-1.6.0-sun-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-demo (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (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-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (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-2017-3509

Install update from vendor's website.

java-1.6.0-sun-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.6.0-sun (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.6.0-sun-demo (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.6.0-sun-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.6.0.151-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el6, 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el6, 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el6, 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el6, 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el6, 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el6, 1.7.0.141-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.8.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.8.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3
java-1.8.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.131-1jpp.1.el7_3

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