Denial of service in Oracle Java SE and JRockit - CVE-2017-10281

 

Denial of service in Oracle Java SE and JRockit - CVE-2017-10281

Published: October 18, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8863
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10281
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Oracle
Affected software:
Oracle Java SE
JRockit

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to cause DoS condition.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Serialization component. A remote attacker can trigger partial denial of service on the target system.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-10281

The vulnerability is addressed in the following version: 8u151.

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