Sun JRE 1.5.0/1.6.0/1.7.0 memory corruption

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A vulnerability was found in Sun JRE 1.5.0/1.6.0/1.7.0 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as very critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE, 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 31 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deserialization.

The weakness was published 10/19/2011 with Oracle (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2011-3521. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/24/2021). 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 69569 (Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2011-10) (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120097 (HP-UX Running Java Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02760)).

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 databases at X-Force (70850) and Tenable (69569). Similar entries are available at 60221, 59171, 59170 and 59169.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69569
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2011-10) (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 70570
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2356-1 (openjdk-6)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1380
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3521 (🔍)
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X-Force: 70850
Vulnerability Center: 33577 - [javacpuoct2011-443431] Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE Unspecified Remote Vulnerability Related to Deserialization, Critical
SecurityFocus: 50215 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2011-3521 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
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Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/24/2021 09:56
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/04/2017 11:09 (10), 11/24/2021 09:52 (5), 11/24/2021 09:54 (1), 11/24/2021 09:56 (2)
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