Modification of information in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2016-5552

 

Modification of information in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2016-5552

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7329
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-5552
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
JRockit
Oracle Java SE

Detailed vulnerability description

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 Networking component. A remote attacker can modify arbitrary data on the system.

How to mitigate CVE-2016-5552

Install update from vendor's website.

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