Oracle Java SE 6u65/7u45 Deployment memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Oracle Java SE 6u65/7u45. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Deployment. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2014-0418. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. It is suggested to install a patch to address this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Java SE 6u65/7u45 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code of the component Deployment. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u65 and 7u45 allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Deployment, a different vulnerability than CVE-2013-5889, CVE-2013-5902, CVE-2014-0410, CVE-2014-0415, and CVE-2014-0424.

The issue has been introduced in 10/15/2013. The weakness was disclosed 01/14/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2014-0418 since 12/12/2013. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 91 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 72139 (GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370612 (IBM Domino Multiple Vulnerabilities (swg21670264)).

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 (90344), Tenable (72139), SecurityFocus (BID 64758†), OSVDB (102012†) and Secunia (SA56485†). The entries VDB-5549, VDB-5550, VDB-6095 and VDB-7753 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 72139
Nessus Name: GLSA-201401-30 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
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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-2014-0418 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2014-0418
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11897

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X-Force: 90344 - Oracle Java SE Deployment unspecified
SecurityFocus: 64758 - RETIRED: Oracle January 2014 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 56485
OSVDB: 102012
SecurityTracker: 1029608
Vulnerability Center: 42948 - [cpujan2014-1972949] Oracle Java SE Remote Code Execution Vulnerability in Client Deployment (CVE-2014-0418), Medium

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Created: 01/15/2014 10:55
Updated: 06/07/2021 03:33
Changes: 01/15/2014 10:55 (50), 04/07/2017 17:10 (27), 06/07/2021 03:18 (1), 06/07/2021 03:25 (7), 06/07/2021 03:33 (1)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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