Oracle Java SE 7u171/8u162/10 Concurrency denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Java SE 7u171/8u162/10 and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Concurrency. Executing a manipulation can lead to denial of service. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2018-2796. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Oracle Java SE 7u171/8u162/10 (Programming Language Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown code of the component Concurrency. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. As an impact it is known to affect availability.

The bug was discovered 04/17/2018. The weakness was disclosed 04/17/2018 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-2796 since 12/15/2017. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110544 (SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : java-1_8_0-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2018:1690-1)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370953 (IBM Java SDK Multiple Vulnerabilities (Oracle April 17 2018 CPU (1.6.0_191, 1.7.0_181, 1.8.0_171))).

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 (110544) and SecurityFocus (BID 103868†). The entries VDB-92314, VDB-92773, VDB-92782 and VDB-92786 are pretty similar. 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: 110544
Nessus Name: SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : java-1_8_0-openjdk (SUSE-SU-2018:1690-1)
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OpenVAS ID: 58804
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Java SE Security Updates (apr2018-3678067) 05 - Linux
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2018
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2018-2796 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-2796
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116722

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SecurityFocus: 103868 - Oracle Java SE and JRockit CVE-2018-2796 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040697

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/20/2018 08:53
Updated: 05/06/2025 19:56
Changes: 04/20/2018 08:53 (86), 01/28/2020 17:55 (6), 03/02/2023 11:44 (5), 05/06/2025 19:56 (15)
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