First published: Sat Apr 14 2018(Updated: )
It was discovered that the implementation of the PriorityBlockingQueue class in the Concurrency component of OpenJDK did not limit the amount of memory allocated when creating object instance from a serialized form. A specially-crafted input could cause a Java application to use an excessive amount of memory when deserialized.
Credit: secalert_us@oracle.com secalert_us@oracle.com secalert_us@oracle.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Oracle JDK | =1.7.0-update171 | |
Oracle JDK | =1.8.0-update162 | |
Oracle JDK | =1.10.0 | |
Oracle JRE | =1.7.0-update171 | |
Oracle JRE | =1.8.0-update162 | |
Oracle JRE | =1.10.0 | |
Oracle JRockit | =r28.3.17 | |
Redhat Satellite | =5.6 | |
Redhat Satellite | =5.7 | |
Redhat Satellite | =5.8 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Desktop | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server | =7.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Aus | =7.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.5 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Eus | =7.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Server Tus | =7.6 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =6.0 | |
Redhat Enterprise Linux Workstation | =7.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =8.0 | |
Debian Debian Linux | =9.0 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =14.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =16.04 | |
Canonical Ubuntu Linux | =17.10 | |
Hp Xp7 Command View | ||
Schneider-electric Struxureware Data Center Expert | <7.6.0 | |
Oracle JDK | =10 | |
Oracle JRE | =10 | |
debian/openjdk-8 | 8u432-b06-2 |
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The severity of CVE-2018-2796 is medium with a score of 5.3.
Java SE versions 7u171, 8u162, and 10; Java SE Embedded version 8u161; and JRockit version R28.3.17 are affected by CVE-2018-2796.
Yes, CVE-2018-2796 is easily exploitable.
Update your Java SE, Java SE Embedded, or JRockit to the recommended versions to fix CVE-2018-2796.
You can find more information about CVE-2018-2796 on the Oracle website and security advisory links provided.