Oracle Java SE 6u101/7u85/8u60 JAXP denial of service

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Java SE 6u101/7u85/8u60 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component JAXP. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u101, 7u85, and 8u60; Java SE Embedded 8u51; and JRockit R28.3.7 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than CVE-2015-4893 and CVE-2015-4911.

The weakness was published 10/20/2015 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2015 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2015-4803 since 06/24/2015. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86636 (Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2015-605)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 350097 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for java-1.7.0-openjdk: ALAS-2015-605).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (86636), SecurityFocus (BID 77200†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-54481†). Similar entries are available at VDB-77628, VDB-78614, VDB-78643 and VDB-78622. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Nessus ID: 86636
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2015-605)
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OpenVAS ID: 703381
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3381-1 (openjdk-7 - security update)
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2015
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-4803 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-4803
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-78650

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SecurityFocus: 77200
SecurityTracker: 1033884
Vulnerability Center: 54481 - [cpuoct2015-2367953-Java-SE] Oracle Java SE and JRockit Remote DoS in JAXP - CVE-2015-4803, Medium

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Created: 10/21/2015 12:52 PM
Updated: 06/23/2022 09:51 AM
Changes: 10/21/2015 12:52 PM (68), 04/18/2018 01:58 PM (8), 06/23/2022 09:51 AM (3)
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