Oracle Java SE 6u181/7u171/8u162/10 Security denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Java SE 6u181/7u171/8u162/10. It has been rated as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Security. This manipulation causes denial of service. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2018-2795. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Java SE 6u181/7u171/8u162/10 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Security. 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 published 04/17/2018 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2018 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2018-2795 since 12/15/2017. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1499 for this issue.

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 103847†). Similar entries are available at VDB-92314, VDB-92773, VDB-92782 and VDB-92786. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider 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: 860287
OpenVAS Name: Oracle Java SE Security Updates (apr2018-3678067) 04 - 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-2018-2795 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-2795
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-116725

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SecurityFocus: 103847 - Oracle Java SE and JRockit CVE-2018-2795 Remote Security Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1040697

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/20/2018 08:53
Updated: 03/02/2023 12:08
Changes: 04/20/2018 08:53 (86), 01/28/2020 17:38 (6), 03/02/2023 12:08 (5)
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