Oracle Java SE 6u115/7u101/8u92 JAXP denial of service

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Oracle Java SE 6u115/7u101/8u92. The affected element is an unknown function of the component JAXP. Such manipulation leads to denial of service. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2016-3508. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Java SE 6u115/7u101/8u92 (Programming Language Software). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component JAXP. 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 availability. CVE summarizes:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92; Java SE Embedded 8u91; and JRockit R28.3.10 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3500.

The weakness was shared 07/19/2016 with Oracle as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2016 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is available at oracle.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2016-3508 since 03/17/2016. 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. This vulnerability is assigned to T1499 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 94085 (GLSA-201610-08 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Gentoo Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 256043 (CentOS Security Update for java-1.8.0-openjdk (CESA-2016:1458)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (94085) and SecurityFocus (BID 91787†). The entries VDB-76354, VDB-78584, VDB-78603 and VDB-78601 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Denial of service
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Nessus ID: 94085
Nessus Name: GLSA-201610-08 : Oracle JRE/JDK: Multiple vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 100511
OpenVAS Name: CentOS Update for java CESA-2016:1776 centos7
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2016
Organization: Oracle
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2016-3508 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3508
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-90074

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SecurityFocus: 91787 - Oracle July 2016 Critical Patch Update Multiple Vulnerabilities
SecurityTracker: 1036365

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Created: 07/20/2016 11:30
Updated: 09/08/2022 12:06
Changes: 07/20/2016 11:30 (72), 03/05/2019 15:06 (11), 09/08/2022 12:06 (3)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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