Oracle Java up to 7 Update 17 JMX memory corruption

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in Oracle Java up to 7 Update 17. Affected is an unknown function of the component JMX. Such manipulation leads to memory corruption. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-2424. No exploit exists. A patch should be applied to remediate this issue.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Oracle Java up to 7 Update 17 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component JMX. 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. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality via vectors related to JMX. 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 "insufficient class access checks" when "creating new instances" using MBeanInstantiator.

The weakness was disclosed 04/16/2013 with Oracle as Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013 as not defined advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-2424 since 03/05/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available.

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 185051 (HP-UX Running Java5 Multiple Vulnerabilities (HPSBUX02922)).

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 (83582), Tenable (69742), SecurityFocus (BID 59033†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-39210†). zdnet.com is providing further details. The entries VDB-7986, VDB-7987, VDB-7988 and VDB-8038 are pretty similar. 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: 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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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2013
Organization: Oracle
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CVE: CVE-2013-2424 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-2424
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-8282

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X-Force: 83582
SecurityFocus: 59033 - RETIRED: Oracle Java SE Critical Patch Update April 2013 Advance Notification
Vulnerability Center: 39210 - [javacpuapr2013-1928497] Oracle JRE Unspecified Vulnerability Related to JMX - CVE-2013-2424, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/17/2013 11:51
Updated: 05/08/2021 10:17
Changes: 04/17/2013 11:51 (80), 04/27/2017 09:13 (3), 05/08/2021 10:17 (3)
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