#VU33422 Input validation error
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33422
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 4.9 [AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Description
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: This vulnerability applies to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., via a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts).
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External links
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00038.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00044.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2494
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2495
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2585
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2590
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2592
http://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2737
http://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10300
http://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/08/msg00020.html
http://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03977en_us
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4080-1/
http://usn.ubuntu.com/4083-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
