Vulnerability identifier: #VU33425

Vulnerability risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 4.2 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-2816

CWE-ID: CWE-284

Exploitation vector: Network

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

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 of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data as well as 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 4.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Mitigation
Install update from vendor's website.

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/

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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.