Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting java-1.8.0-ibm-headless package, versions <1:1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.66% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-JAVA180IBMHEADLESS-3641836
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed15 Oct 2019

Introduced: 15 Oct 2019

CVE-2019-2992  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-770  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 java-1.8.0-ibm-headless to version 1:1.8.0.6.0-3.el8_1 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:0046.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1.8.0-ibm-headless package and not the java-1.8.0-ibm-headless package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: 2D). 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 does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.0 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).

CVSS Scores

version 3.1