CVE-2013-2417

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 availability via unknown vectors related to Networking. 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 an information leak involving InetAddress serialization. CVE has not investigated the apparent discrepancy between vendor reports regarding the impact of this issue.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 5.22% Top 15%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory apple.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 Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory oracle.com

Affected: n/a n/a

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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19570	vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19524	vdb entry signature
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
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://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html	vendor advisory
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1	vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952657
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html	vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59187	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16446	vdb entry signature
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/7ca8a40795d8
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-2013-2417?: CVE-2013-2417 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2417?: To fix CVE-2013-2417, 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-2013-2417 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-2417 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~5% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.