Vulnerability in Oracle Jdk
CVE-2013-0440
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.
EPSS: 0.055 (92.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Oracle Jdk — versions 1.7.0, 1.6.0, 1.5.0
- Oracle Jre — versions 1.7.0, 1.6.0, 1.5.0
- Sun Jdk — versions 1.6.0, 1.5.0, 1.4.2
- Sun Jre — versions 1.6.0, 1.5.0, 1.4.2
- N/a — versions n/a
References
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_GENTOO)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_MANDRIVA)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT, third-party-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (US Government Resource, x_refsource_CERT-VN, third-party-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_REDHAT, vendor-advisory)
- secalert_us@oracle.com (x_refsource_HP, vendor-advisory)