Modification of information in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-3252

 

Modification of information in JRockit and Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-3252

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


Vulnerability identifier: #VU7332
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-3252
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated attacker to modify information.

The weakness exists due to unknown error in Oracle Java SE Java SE Embedded and Jrockit related to the JAAS component. A remote attacker can trick the victim into visiting a specially crafted webpage and modify arbitrary data on the 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-2017-3252

Install update from vendor's website.


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