CVE-2013-2456

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 via unknown vectors related to Serialization. NOTE: the previous information is from the June 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to improper access checks for subclasses in the ObjectOutputStream class.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 3.81% Top 15%

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Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1060.html	vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137545592101387&w=2	vendor advisory
http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/141facdacbf0
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
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=975142
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00031.html	vendor advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-07/msg00028.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19676	vdb entry signature
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://www.securityfocus.com/bid/60641	vdb entry
http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880	vendor advisory
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%3A19643	vdb entry signature
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1059.html	vendor advisory
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
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A17294	vdb entry signature
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
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21642336
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-08/msg00003.html	vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19267	vdb entry signature

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-2456?: CVE-2013-2456 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-2456?: To fix CVE-2013-2456, 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-2013-2456 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2013-2456 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.