Sun Java Networking memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Sun Java (Programming Language Software) (version unknown). It has been rated as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Networking. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Networking component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6 Update 21, 5.0 Update 25, 1.4.2_27, and 1.3.1_28 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors. NOTE: the previous information was obtained from the October 2010 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from a reliable downstream vendor that HttpURLConnection does not properly check for the allowHttpTrace permission, which allows untrusted code to perform HTTP TRACE requests.

The weakness was published 10/19/2010 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2010-3574. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $5k-$25k (estimation calculated on 09/27/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 50003 (CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2010:0768)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 165555 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update IBM Java (SUSE-SA:2011:014)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (50003). Similar entries are available at 55159, 55158, 55157 and 55156.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
ATT&CK: Unknown

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Nessus ID: 50003
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2010:0768)
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OpenVAS ID: 880658
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2010:0768 centos5 i386
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2010:0339
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2010-3574 (🔍)
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Vulnerability Center: 27831 - [javacpuoct2010-176258] Networking Component in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business Remote Unspecified Vulnerability, Medium
SecurityFocus: 44011 - Oracle Java SE and Java for Business CVE-2010-3574 Remote Networking Vulnerability
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Created: 03/19/2015 14:37
Updated: 09/27/2021 18:20
Changes: 03/19/2015 14:37 (63), 03/08/2017 15:27 (9), 09/27/2021 18:04 (5), 09/27/2021 18:13 (1), 09/27/2021 18:20 (2)
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