Reliance on File Name or Extension of Externally-Supplied File Affecting java-11-openjdk-javadoc package, versions <1:11.0.18.0.10-2.el8_7


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.09% (41st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JAVA11OPENJDKJAVADOC-4352504
  • published18 Jan 2023
  • disclosed17 Jan 2023

Introduced: 17 Jan 2023

CVE-2023-21843  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-646  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 java-11-openjdk-javadoc to version 1:11.0.18.0.10-2.el8_7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2023:0200.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-11-openjdk-javadoc package and not the java-11-openjdk-javadoc package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Sound). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u351, 8u351-perf, 11.0.17, 17.0.5, 19.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.8, 21.3.4 and 22.3.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

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