Improper access control in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-10295

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Improper access control in Oracle Java SE - CVE-2017-10295

Published: October 18, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU8867
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-10295
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to access potentially sensitive information.

The weakness exists due to a flaw in the Javadoc component. A remote attacker can partially modify arbitrary files on the target system.

Affected software

Oracle Java SE
Gentoo Linux
Debian Linux
Amazon Linux AMI
IBM AIX
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for IBM z Systems
Red Hat Enterprise Linux for Scientific Computing
SUSE OpenStack Cloud
Red Hat Enterprise Linux EUS Compute Node
SUSE Linux
Ubuntu
Opensuse
Red Hat Satellite
IBM Cognos Controller
java-1.6.0-sun (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-demo (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package)
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle (Red Hat package)
java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package)
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-VEB
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-V07
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-VEC

How to mitigate CVE-2017-10295

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

java-1.6.0-sun (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el6, 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.6.0-sun-demo (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el6, 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.6.0-sun-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el6, 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.6.0-sun-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el6, 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.6.0-sun-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el6, 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.6.0-sun-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el6, 1.6.0.171-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6, 1.7.0.161-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6, 1.7.0.161-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6, 1.7.0.161-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6, 1.7.0.161-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6, 1.7.0.161-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.7.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.7.0.161-1jpp.3.el6, 1.7.0.161-1jpp.4.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-plugin (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.151-1jpp.5.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-src (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.151-1jpp.5.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-javafx (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.151-1jpp.5.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-devel (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.151-1jpp.5.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.151-1jpp.5.el7
java-1.8.0-oracle-jdbc (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 1.8.0.151-1jpp.1.el6, 1.8.0.151-1jpp.5.el7
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-VEB - addressed in versions 8.33.3.14 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.40.2.12 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.41.101.10 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.41.200.113 VTD_EXEC.269
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-V07 - addressed in versions 8.33.3.14 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.40.2.12 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.41.101.10 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.41.200.113 VTD_EXEC.269
Virtualization Engine TS7700 3957-VEC - addressed in versions 8.40.2.12 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.41.101.10 VTD_EXEC.269, 8.41.200.113 VTD_EXEC.269

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