#VU33423 Improper access control - CVE-2019-2766
Published: July 24, 2019 / Updated: August 4, 2020
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u221, 8u212, 11.0.3 and 12.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u211. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to 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., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.1 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).
Remediation
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
- https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10300
- https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03977en_us