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Deserialization of Untrusted Data Affecting java-1_8_0-ibm package, versions <1.8.0_sr5.20-3.6.2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.07% (33rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-JAVA180IBM-2758364
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 9 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-12539  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-502  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 java-1_8_0-ibm to version 1.8.0_sr5.20-3.6.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1_8_0-ibm package and not the java-1_8_0-ibm package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

In Eclipse OpenJ9 version 0.8, users other than the process owner may be able to use Java Attach API to connect to an Eclipse OpenJ9 or IBM JVM on the same machine and use Attach API operations, which includes the ability to execute untrusted native code. Attach API is enabled by default on Windows, Linux and AIX JVMs and can be disabled using the command line option -Dcom.ibm.tools.attach.enable=no.