#VU33491 Input validation error - CVE-2018-3214
Vulnerability identifier: #VU33491
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID:
CWE-ID:
CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Network
Exploit availability: No
Description
The vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. 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, JRockit. Note: This vulnerability applies to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can 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. via a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts).
Mitigation
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
External links
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105615
https://www.securitytracker.com/id/1041889
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2942
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2943
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3000
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3001
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3002
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3003
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3007
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3008
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3350
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3409
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3533
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3534
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3671
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3672
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3779
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3852
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/11/msg00026.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201908-10
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181018-0001/
https://support.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbst03952en_us
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3804-1/
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4326
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.
