Oracle Java up to 7 Update 17 Hotspot memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Java up to 7 Update 17. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Hotspot. The manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2013-2431. There is not any exploit available. Applying a patch is the recommended action to fix this issue.

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A vulnerability was found in Oracle Java up to 7 Update 17 (Programming Language Software). It has been rated as very critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Hotspot. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to 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. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to bypassing the Java sandbox using "method handle intrinsic frames."

The weakness was released 04/16/2013 with Oracle as Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-2431 since 03/05/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. The price for an exploit might be around USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 05/08/2021). 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 69742 (Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2013-183)), 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 350563 (Amazon Linux Security Advisory for java-1.7.0-openjdk: ALAS-2013-183).

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (83564), Tenable (69742), SecurityFocus (BID 59165†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39182†). zdnet.com is providing further details. Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-7986, VDB-7987, VDB-7988 and VDB-8038. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Memory corruption
CWE: CWE-119
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Nessus ID: 69742
Nessus Name: Amazon Linux AMI : java-1.7.0-openjdk (ALAS-2013-183)
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OpenVAS ID: 881715
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2013:0751 centos6
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Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2013-2431 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2431
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8261

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X-Force: 83564
SecurityFocus: 59165 - Oracle Java SE CVE-2013-2431 Remote Java Runtime Environment Vulnerability
Vulnerability Center: 39182 - [javacpuapr2013-1928497] Oracle Java Unspecified Vulnerability Related to Hotspot - CVE-2013-2431, Critical

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Created: 04/17/2013 11:51
Updated: 05/08/2021 09:27
Changes: 04/17/2013 11:51 (77), 04/27/2017 09:03 (3), 05/08/2021 09:27 (2)
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