Oracle Java SE JDK/Java SE JRE Hotspot denial of service

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A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in Oracle Java SE JDK and Java SE JRE. The affected element is an unknown function of the component Hotspot. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-21138. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Java SE JDK and Java SE JRE (version now known). This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Hotspot. 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:

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u411, 8u411-perf, 11.0.23, 17.0.11, 21.0.3, 22.0.1; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.11, 21.0.3, 22.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.14 and 21.3.10. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

It is possible to read the advisory at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-21138 since 12/07/2023. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1499 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 208193 (OpenJDK 8 <= 8u412 / 11.0.0 <= 11.0.23 / 17.0.0 <= 17.0.11 / 21.0.0 <= 21.0.3 / 22.0.0 <= 22.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (2024-07-16)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (208193). Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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• Programming Language Software

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• Oracle

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• Java SE JDK
• Java SE JRE

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• commercial

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• Vendor: https://www.oracle.com

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