Oracle JDK & GraalVM JSSE DoS via HTTP (8u361, 8u361perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20)
CVE-2023-21967 Published on April 18, 2023
Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: JSSE). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.9, 21.3.5 and 22.3.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via HTTPS to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a hang or frequently repeatable crash (complete DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, 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 3.1 Base Score 5.9 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2023-21967 can be exploited with network access, and does not require authorization privileges or user interaction. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have no impact on confidentiality and integrity, and a high impact on availability.
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Affected Versions
Oracle Corporation Java SE JDK and JRE:- Version Oracle Java SE:8u361 is affected.
- Version Oracle Java SE:8u361-perf is affected.
- Version Oracle Java SE:11.0.18 is affected.
- Version Oracle Java SE:17.0.6 is affected.
- Version Oracle Java SE:20 is affected.
- Version Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:20.3.9 is affected.
- Version Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:21.3.5 is affected.
- Version Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition:22.3.1 is affected.
Exploit Probability
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