Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45 CORBA denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45. This impacts an unknown function of the component CORBA. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2013-5896. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55/6u65/7u45 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component CORBA. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a denial of service vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-404. The product does not release or incorrectly releases a resource before it is made available for re-use. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45; Java SE Embedded 7u45; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to CORBA. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that com.sun.corba.se and its sub-packages are not included on the restricted package list.

The weakness was published 01/14/2014 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2014 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared for download at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-5896 since 09/18/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1499.

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 185058 (HP-UX Running Java7 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02972)).

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 (90347), Tenable (72298), SecurityFocus (BID 64926†), OSVDB (102015†) and Secunia (SA56432†). Similar entries are available at VDB-11856, VDB-11901, VDB-11904 and VDB-11871. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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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-2013-5896 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-5896
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-11900

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X-Force: 90347 - Oracle Java SE CORBA denial of service
SecurityFocus: 64926 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2013-5896 Remote Security Vulnerability
Secunia: 56432
OSVDB: 102015
SecurityTracker: 1029608
Vulnerability Center: 42949 - [cpujan2014-1972949] Oracle Java SE Client Deployment Remote Unspecified Vulnerability (CVE-2013-5896), Medium

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Created: 01/15/2014 10:55
Updated: 06/07/2021 04:54
Changes: 01/15/2014 10:55 (48), 04/07/2017 17:11 (31), 06/07/2021 04:32 (1), 06/07/2021 04:43 (7), 06/07/2021 04:54 (1)
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