Sun JRE 1.6.0/1.7.0 memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Sun JRE 1.6.0/1.7.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. Executing a manipulation can lead to memory corruption. This vulnerability is registered as CVE-2011-3558. No exploit is available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Sun JRE 1.6.0/1.7.0 (Programming Language Software) and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment component in Oracle Java SE JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier allows remote untrusted Java Web Start applications and untrusted Java applets to affect confidentiality via unknown vectors related to HotSpot.

The weakness was published 10/19/2011 with Oracle (Website). The advisory is available at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability was named CVE-2011-3558. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $5k-$25k at the moment (estimation calculated on 11/24/2021). 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 69569 (Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2011-10) (BEAST)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Amazon Linux Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 119864 (HP-UX Running Java Information Disclosure Vulnerability (HPSBUX02730)).

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 X-Force (70835), Tenable (69569), SecurityFocus (BID 50242†), OSVDB (76510†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-33718†). Similar entries are available at VDB-59171, VDB-59169, VDB-59168 and VDB-59166. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69569
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.6.0-openjdk (ALAS-2011-10) (BEAST)
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OpenVAS ID: 881023
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2011:1380 centos5 i386
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09/16/2011 🔍
10/18/2011 +32 days 🔍
10/19/2011 +1 days 🔍
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11/03/2011 +15 days 🔍
03/23/2015 +1236 days 🔍
11/24/2021 +2438 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: RHSA-2011:1380
Organization: Oracle
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2011-3558 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2011-3558
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-59170

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X-Force: 70835
SecurityFocus: 50242 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2011-3558 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Secunia: 48308
OSVDB: 76510
Vulnerability Center: 33718 - [javacpuoct2011-443431] Oracle JDK and JRE 7, 6 Update 27 and earlier Unspecified Remote Vulnerability Related to HotSpot, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/23/2015 16:50
Updated: 11/24/2021 14:00
Changes: 03/23/2015 16:50 (64), 04/04/2017 11:38 (10), 11/24/2021 13:48 (6), 11/24/2021 13:53 (1), 11/24/2021 14:00 (2)
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