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Gentoo FoundationGLSA-201803-06

HistoryMar 19, 2018 - 12:00 a.m.

Oracle JDK/JRE: Multiple vulnerabilities

2018-03-1900:00:00

Gentoo Foundation

security.gentoo.org

oracle

jdk

jre

upgrade

vulnerabilities

remote attacker

arbitrary code

denial of service

security

CVSS2

6.8

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

MEDIUM

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

PARTIAL

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

CVSS3

8.3

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

HIGH

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

REQUIRED

Scope

CHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

HIGH

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H

AI Score

8.9

Confidence

Low

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

80.5%

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Background

Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE) lets you develop and deploy Java applications on desktops and servers, as well as in today’s demanding embedded environments. Java offers the rich user interface, performance, versatility, portability, and security that today’s applications require.

Description

Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in Oracle’s Java SE. Please review the referenced CVE identifiers for details.

Impact

A remote attacker could possibly execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the process, gain access to information, or cause a Denial of Service condition.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All Oracle JDK users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 "&gt;=dev-java/oracle-jdk-bin-1.8.0.162:1.8"

All Oracle JRE users should upgrade to the latest version:

 # emerge --sync
 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose
 "&gt;=dev-java/oracle-jre-bin-1.8.0.162:1.8"

OSVersionArchitecturePackageVersionFilename
Gentooanyalldev-java/oracle-jdk-bin< 1.8.0.162UNKNOWN
Gentooanyalldev-java/oracle-jre-bin< 1.8.0.162UNKNOWN