Modification of information in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2016-5546

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Modification of information in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2016-5546

Published: July 5, 2017 / Updated: November 22, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7325
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5546
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to modify information.

The weakness exists due to unknown error in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the Libraries component. A remote attacker can modify arbitrary data on the system.

Affected software

JRockit
Oracle Java SE
FlashSystem 840 9840-AE1 & 9843-AE1
FlashSystem 900 9840-AE2 and 9843-AE2
Gentoo Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
IBM Algo One Core
Algo One Algo Risk Application
IBM SAN Volume Controller
IBM Storwize V3500
IBM Storwize V7000
IBM Storwize V3700
IBM Storwize V5000
IBM FlashSystem V9000

How to mitigate CVE-2016-5546

Install update from vendor's website.

IBM SAN Volume Controller - addressed in versions 7.5.0.12, 7.6.1.8, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.1.1
IBM Storwize V3500 - addressed in versions 7.5.0.12, 7.6.1.8, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.1.1
IBM Storwize V7000 - addressed in versions 7.5.0.12, 7.6.1.8, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.1.1
IBM Storwize V3700 - addressed in versions 7.5.0.12, 7.6.1.8, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.1.1
IBM Storwize V5000 - addressed in versions 7.5.0.12, 7.6.1.8, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.1.1
IBM FlashSystem V9000 - addressed in versions 7.6.1.8, 7.7.1.6, 7.8.1.1

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