CVE-2013-2454

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 21 and earlier, 6 Update 45 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 45 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality and integrity via vectors related to JDBC. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue does not properly restrict access to certain class packages in the SerialJavaObject class, which allows remote attackers to bypass the Java sandbox.

5.8

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.64% Top 10%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975129
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137545592101387&w=2	vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414	vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	vendor advisory
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpujun2013-1899847.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137545505800971&w=2	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00027.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/54154	third party advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html	vendor advisory
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19237	vdb entry signature
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00029.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19470	vdb entry signature
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1059.html	vendor advisory
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/ec931d812faa
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17236	vdb entry signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60650	vdb entry
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00000.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1081.html	vendor advisory
http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-169A	third party advisory us government resource
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0185.html
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0963.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00026.html	vendor advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html	vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:183	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19407	vdb entry signature
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642336
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00003.html	vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2454?: CVE-2013-2454 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2454?: To fix CVE-2013-2454, 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-2013-2454 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-2454 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.