Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45 Serviceability memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Serviceability. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2014-0373. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45 (Programming Language Software). It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Serviceability. 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 Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Serviceability. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that the issue is related to throwing of an incorrect exception when SnmpStatusException should have been used in the SNMP implementation, which allows attackers to escape the sandbox.

The weakness was disclosed 01/14/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0373 since 12/12/2013. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72298 (Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2014-280)), 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 185057 (HP-UX Running Java6 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02973)).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (90334), Tenable (72298), SecurityFocus (BID 64758†), Secunia (SA56432†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42929†). The entries VDB-6095, VDB-7810, VDB-8664 and VDB-8665 are pretty similar. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72298
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2014-280)
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OpenVAS ID: 881864
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2014:0026 centos6
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0373 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0373
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11887

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X-Force: 90334
SecurityFocus: 64758 - RETIRED: Oracle January 2014 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 56432
SecurityTracker: 1029608
Vulnerability Center: 42929 - [cpujan2014-1972949] Oracle Java SE Client Deployment Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Serviceability (CVE-2014-0373), High

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Created: 01/15/2014 10:55
Updated: 06/06/2021 22:59
Changes: 01/15/2014 10:55 (47), 04/07/2017 17:10 (29), 06/06/2021 22:35 (1), 06/06/2021 22:46 (7), 06/06/2021 22:59 (1)
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