Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.3 Bouncy Castle Java Library assertion

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.3. The impacted element is an unknown function of the component Bouncy Castle Java Library. Such manipulation leads to assertion. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-9389. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Outside In Technology 8.5.3 (Programming Tool Software). It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Bouncy Castle Java Library. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a assertion vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-617. The product contains an assert() or similar statement that can be triggered by an attacker, which leads to an application exit or other behavior that is more severe than necessary. Impacted is availability. CVE summarizes:

The jpc_irct and jpc_iict functions in jpc_mct.c in JasPer before 1.900.14 allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (assertion failure).

The bug was discovered 03/23/2017. The weakness was shared 01/16/2019 by Agostino Sarubbo with Gentoo as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2019 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-9389 since 11/17/2016. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 100811 (EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : jasper (EulerOS-SA-2017-1094)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Huawei Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 157446 (Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for jasper (ELSA-2017-1208)).

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 (100811) and SecurityFocus (BID 94371†). The entries VDB-98450, VDB-98451, VDB-98452 and VDB-98453 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Assertion
CWE: CWE-617
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Nessus ID: 100811
Nessus Name: EulerOS 2.0 SP1 : jasper (EulerOS-SA-2017-1094)
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OpenVAS ID: 881932
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for jasper CESA-2017:1208 centos7
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Patch: github.com

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11/16/2016 🔍
11/17/2016 +1 days 🔍
03/23/2017 +126 days 🔍
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06/16/2017 +85 days 🔍
01/16/2019 +579 days 🔍
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06/27/2023 +1623 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - January 2019
Researcher: Agostino Sarubbo
Organization: Gentoo
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-9389 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-9389
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-129554
SecurityFocus: 94371 - JasPer Multiple Assertion Failures Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

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Entryinfo

Created: 01/16/2019 11:14
Updated: 06/27/2023 16:43
Changes: 01/16/2019 11:14 (75), 04/30/2020 09:52 (17), 06/27/2023 16:43 (4)
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Cache ID: 216:2E4:103

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