CVE-2013-1557

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in 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 affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to RMI. 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 "missing security restrictions" in the LogStream.setDefaultStream method.

10.0

CVSS

Severity: Critical

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.40% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19294	vdb entry signature
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://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/76eb3fb80740
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Apr/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19672	vdb entry signature
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A	third party advisory us government resource
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV40772	vendor advisory
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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952648
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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59170	vdb entry
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html	vendor advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21645566
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16688	vdb entry signature
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://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html	vendor advisory
http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00007.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-1557?: CVE-2013-1557 has been scored as a critical severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-1557?: To fix CVE-2013-1557, 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-2013-1557 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-1557 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~8% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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