CVE-2019-2978

low

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

References

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4548

https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4546

https://usn.ubuntu.com/4223-1/

https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20191017-0001/

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/31

https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Oct/27

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/12/msg00005.html

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0046

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:0006

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4115

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4113

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4110

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4109

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3158

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3157

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3136

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3135

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3134

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2019-5072832.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-12/msg00031.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00066.html

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-11/msg00064.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2019-10-16

Updated: 2022-10-06

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L

Severity: Low