CVE-2013-0401

Description

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 execute arbitrary code via vectors related to AWT, as demonstrated by Ben Murphy during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013. 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 invocation of the system class loader by the sun.awt.datatransfer.ClassLoaderObjectInputStream class, which allows remote attackers to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Category

10.0
CVSS
Severity: Critical
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 8.77% Top 10%
Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory hp.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org
Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml vendor advisory
http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html mailing list
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145 vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A third party advisory us government resource
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2 vendor advisory
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880 vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html vendor advisory
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161 vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html vendor advisory
http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html vendor advisory
https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309784608508100608
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1 vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16297 signature vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19641 signature vdb entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19463 signature vdb entry
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920245
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html vendor advisory
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/31c782610044
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0401?
CVE-2013-0401 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0401?
To fix CVE-2013-0401, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0401 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2013-0401 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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