Remote code execution in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-3241

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Remote code execution in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-3241

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7331
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3241
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote unauthenticated attacker to execute arbitrary code.

The weakness exists due to unknown error in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the RMI component. A remote attacker can execute arbitrary code with privileges of the current user and compromise vulnerable system.

Affected software

JRockit
Oracle Java SE
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

How to mitigate CVE-2017-3241

Install update from vendor's website.


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