Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0…

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.2_40 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JSSE. NOTE: the previous information is from the February 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to CPU consumption in the SSL/TLS implementation via a large number of ClientHello packets that are not properly handled by (1) ClientHandshaker.java and (2) ServerHandshaker.java.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

5.5% · top 7.2% of all CVEs (4 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.

Weakness

• n/a

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (27)

• GLSA-201406-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• MDVSA-2013:095 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAx_transferred
• SSRT101156 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• TA13-032A (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERTx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0236 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1455 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• VU#858729 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
• SUSE-SU-2013:0478 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0237 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• HPSBUX02857 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0247 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16558 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19285 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19397 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859140 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• HPSBMU02874 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/5c1e8b779c65 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0312 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• openSUSE-SU-2013:0377 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
• oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19229 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0246 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:1456 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2013:0245 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 57712 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.11/file/icedtea6-1.11.6/NEWS (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0056 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 14:25 UTC.