Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-3533

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Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-3533

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6670
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3533
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to modify information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to unknown error related to the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit Networking component. A remote attacker can access and modify arbitrary data.


Affected software

IBM AIX
Gentoo Linux
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Red Hat Satellite
IBM MQ
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-2017-3533

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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