Sun JRE up to 1.6.0 denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun JRE. It has been classified as problematic. This impacts an unknown function. The manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2011-0871. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun JRE (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as critical. This issue affects an unknown code block. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 6 Update 25 and earlier, 5.0 Update 29 and earlier, and 1.4.2_31 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to Swing.

The weakness was released 06/14/2011 with Oracle (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at us-cert.gov. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2011-0871. The exploitation is known to be easy. 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 pricing for an exploit might be around USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/08/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product decreasing in the near future.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 55110 (CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2011:0857)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family CentOS Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 185001 (HP-UX Running Java Remote Denial of Service Vulnerability (HPSBUX02777)).

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (55110), SecurityFocus (BID 48142†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-31704†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-53257, VDB-56532, VDB-56530 and VDB-56526. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.8

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

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Nessus ID: 55110
Nessus Name: CentOS 5 : java-1.6.0-openjdk (CESA-2011:0857)
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OpenVAS ID: 70400
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 2311-1 (openjdk-6)
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02/04/2011 🔍
06/07/2011 +123 days 🔍
06/07/2011 +0 days 🔍
06/09/2011 +2 days 🔍
06/14/2011 +5 days 🔍
06/14/2011 +0 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1378 days 🔍
11/08/2021 +2422 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:0857
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-0871 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-0871
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-57671

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SecurityFocus: 48142 - Oracle Java SE and Java for Business CVE-2011-0871 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 44818
Vulnerability Center: 31704 - [javacpujune2011-313339] Java Runtime Environment Swing Component Remote Unspecified Vulnerability (CVE-2011-0871), Critical

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/08/2021 18:38
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (63), 03/23/2017 16:56 (9), 11/08/2021 18:24 (6), 11/08/2021 18:31 (1), 11/08/2021 18:38 (2)
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