Denial of service in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2016-5547

Vulnerability identifier: #VU7326

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-2016-5547

CWE-ID: CWE-20

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to cause DoS condition on the target system.

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 cause the application to crash.

Successful exploitation of the vulnerability results in denial of service.

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 Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
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

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

• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2017-2881727.html

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle products
• Gentoo update for IcedTea
• Ubuntu update for OpenJDK 7
• Ubuntu update for OpenJDK 8
• Amazon Linux AMI update for java-1.7.0-openjdk
• Amazon Linux AMI update for java-1.8.0-openjdk
• SUSE Linux update for java-1
• OpenSUSE Linux update for java-1
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Algo One Core and Algo Risk Application
• Red Hat update for java-1.7.0-openjdk
• Red Hat update for java-1.8.0-openjdk
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM FlashSystem models 840 and 900
• Multiple vulnerabilities in SAN Volume Controller, Storwize family and FlashSystem V9000 products