Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-3539

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Security restrictions bypass in IBM AIX - CVE-2017-3539

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6671
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3539
CWE-ID: CWE-20
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 Security component. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted webpage, access and modify arbitrary data.

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
Planning Analytics Local
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-2017-3539

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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