Eclipse Open J9 up to 0.47.0 JNI GetStringUTFLength integer overflow

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A vulnerability described as problematic has been identified in Eclipse Open J9 up to 0.47.0. This affects the function GetStringUTFLength of the component JNI Handler. The manipulation results in integer overflow. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-10917. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Eclipse Open J9 up to 0.47.0. Affected is the function GetStringUTFLength of the component JNI Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a integer overflow vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-190. The product performs a calculation that can produce an integer overflow or wraparound, when the logic assumes that the resulting value will always be larger than the original value. This can introduce other weaknesses when the calculation is used for resource management or execution control. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

In Eclipse OpenJ9 versions up to 0.47, the JNI function GetStringUTFLength may return an incorrect value which has wrapped around. From 0.48 the value is correct but may be truncated to include a smaller number of characters.

The advisory is available at gitlab.eclipse.org. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2024-10917 since 11/06/2024. The exploitability is told to be difficult. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 212060 (IBM Java 7.1 < 7.1.5.24 / 8.0 < 8.0.8.35), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 0.48.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (212060). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Vendor

• Eclipse

Name

• Open J9

Version

• 0.1
• 0.2
• 0.3
• 0.4
• 0.5
• 0.6
• 0.7
• 0.8
• 0.9
• 0.10
• 0.11
• 0.12
• 0.13
• 0.14
• 0.15
• 0.16
• 0.17
• 0.18
• 0.19
• 0.20
• 0.21
• 0.22
• 0.23
• 0.24
• 0.25
• 0.26
• 0.27
• 0.28
• 0.29
• 0.30
• 0.31
• 0.32
• 0.33
• 0.34
• 0.35
• 0.36
• 0.37
• 0.38
• 0.39
• 0.40
• 0.41
• 0.42
• 0.43
• 0.44
• 0.45
• 0.46
• 0.47.0

License

• open-source

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