IBM SDK J9 JVM information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM SDK. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component J9 JVM. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2015-5041. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in IBM SDK (version unknown). This affects an unknown function of the component J9 JVM. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

The J9 JVM in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6 before SR16 FP20, 6 R1 before SR8 FP20, 7 before SR9 FP30, and 7 R1 before SR3 FP30 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or inject data by invoking non-public interface methods.

The weakness was shared 06/06/2016 (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at www-01.ibm.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-5041 since 06/24/2015. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89053 (AIX Java Advisory : java_jan2016_advisory.asc (January 2016 CPU) (SLOTH)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family AIX Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 168568 (SUSE Enterprise Linux Security update for java-1_6_0-ibm (SUSE-SU-2016:0776-1)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (89053) and SecurityFocus (BID 82451†). The entries VDB-81473 and VDB-82392 are related to this item. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 89053
Nessus Name: AIX Java Advisory : java_jan2016_advisory.asc (January 2016 CPU) (SLOTH)
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OpenVAS ID: 867768
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for java-1_7_1-ibm SUSE-SU-2016:0401-1 (java-1_7_1-ibm)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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06/24/2015 🔍
01/29/2016 +219 days 🔍
02/25/2016 +27 days 🔍
03/01/2016 +5 days 🔍
06/06/2016 +97 days 🔍
06/06/2016 +0 days 🔍
06/08/2016 +2 days 🔍
08/23/2022 +2267 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: RHSA-2016:1430
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2015-5041 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-5041
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-87759

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SecurityFocus: 82451 - IBM Java SDK CVE-2015-5041 Security Bypass Vulnerability

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Entryinfo

Created: 06/08/2016 10:14
Updated: 08/23/2022 08:25
Changes: 06/08/2016 10:14 (73), 01/08/2019 11:07 (5), 08/23/2022 08:25 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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