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CVE-2019-2978

Published: 16 October 2019

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

From the Ubuntu Security Team

It was discovered that the Jar URL handler in OpenJDK did not properly handled nested Jar URLs in some situations. An attacker could use this to cause a denial of service (application crash).

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.7

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
openjdk-12
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

openjdk-13
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Ignored
(superseded by openjdk-17)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

openjdk-7
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic Does not exist

disco Does not exist

eoan Does not exist

focal Does not exist

groovy Does not exist

hirsute Does not exist

impish Does not exist

jammy Does not exist

kinetic Does not exist

lunar Does not exist

trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial Does not exist

openjdk-8
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~18.04.1)
disco
Released (8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~19.04.1)
eoan
Released (8u232-b09-0ubuntu1.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(8u232-b09-1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(8u232-b09-1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(8u232-b09-1)
impish Not vulnerable
(8u232-b09-1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(8u232-b09-1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(8u232-b09-1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(8u232-b09-1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream Needs triage

xenial
Released (8u232-b09-0ubuntu1~16.04.1)
openjdk-lts
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
bionic
Released (11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1~18.04)
disco
Released (11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1~19.04)
eoan
Released (11.0.5+10-0ubuntu1.1)
focal Not vulnerable
(11.0.5+10-2ubuntu1)
groovy Not vulnerable
(11.0.5+10-2ubuntu1)
hirsute Not vulnerable
(11.0.5+10-2ubuntu1)
impish Not vulnerable
(11.0.5+10-2ubuntu1)
jammy Not vulnerable
(11.0.5+10-2ubuntu1)
kinetic Not vulnerable
(11.0.5+10-2ubuntu1)
lunar Not vulnerable
(11.0.5+10-2ubuntu1)
trusty Does not exist

upstream
Released (11.0.5+10-1)
xenial Does not exist

Patches:
upstream: http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk-updates/jdk11u/rev/804fe860d8a3

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.7
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact None
Availability impact Low
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L