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

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45. It has been rated as critical. This affects an unknown part of the component Beans. This manipulation causes memory corruption. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2014-0423. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown function of the component Beans. 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, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45; JRockit R27.7.7 and R28.2.9; Java SE Embedded 7u45; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote authenticated users to affect confidentiality and availability via unknown vectors related to Beans. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that this issue is an XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in DocumentHandler.java, related to Beans decoding.

The weakness was presented 01/14/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2014-0423 since 12/12/2013. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a single authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are 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 350462 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for java-1.6.0-openjdk: ALAS-2014-283).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability. Furthermore it is possible to detect and prevent this kind of attack with TippingPoint and the filter 13632.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (90340), Tenable (72298), SecurityFocus (BID 64758†), Secunia (SA56432†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-42939†). See VDB-6095, VDB-7810, VDB-8664 and VDB-8665 for similar entries. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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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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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2014-0423 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0423
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11893

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X-Force: 90340 - Oracle Java SE Beans unspecified
SecurityFocus: 64758 - RETIRED: Oracle January 2014 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 56432
SecurityTracker: 1029608
Vulnerability Center: 42939 - [cpujan2014-1972949] Oracle Java SE, Embedded and JRockit Unspecified Remote Vulnerability in Beans (CVE-2014-0423), Medium

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Created: 01/15/2014 10:55
Updated: 06/07/2021 02:02
Changes: 01/15/2014 10:55 (47), 04/07/2017 17:11 (34), 06/07/2021 01:48 (1), 06/07/2021 01:56 (7), 06/07/2021 02:02 (1)
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