IBM JDK Object Request Broker denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in IBM JDK and classified as problematic. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Object Request Broker. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2023-38264. There is no exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in IBM JDK (the affected version unknown). This issue affects an unknown part of the component Object Request Broker. 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. The summary by CVE is:

The IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition's Object Request Broker (ORB) 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.5.21 and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.8.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in some circumstances due to improper enforcement of the JEP 290 MaxRef and MaxDepth deserialization filters. IBM X-Force ID: 260578.

It is possible to read the advisory at bugzilla.redhat.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-38264 since 07/14/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 210508 (RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2024:6595)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at ibm.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (210508). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.6
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6

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Class: Denial of service
CWE: CWE-404
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 210508
Nessus Name: RHEL 8 : java-1.8.0-ibm (RHSA-2024:6595)

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: ibm.com

Timelineinfo

07/14/2023 🔍
05/10/2024 +301 days 🔍
05/10/2024 +0 days 🔍
08/14/2025 +461 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: bugzilla.redhat.com
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-38264 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-38264
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-263819

Entryinfo

Created: 05/10/2024 10:18
Updated: 08/14/2025 22:13
Changes: 05/10/2024 10:18 (54), 11/08/2024 00:09 (3), 08/14/2025 22:13 (22)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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Discussion

 rjd12138 (+0)
9 months ago
How Do I Determine Whether the Vulnerability Affects the JRE Source Code Package of Adoptium/temurin8-binaries? Link: https://github.com/adoptium/temurin8-binaries/releases

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