Signal Handler Race Condition Affecting eclipse/openj9 package, versions [,0.41.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.12% (47th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-ECLIPSEOPENJ9-6063917
  • published16 Nov 2023
  • disclosed15 Nov 2023
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Nov 2023

CVE-2023-5676  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-364  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade eclipse/openj9 to version 0.41.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Signal Handler Race Condition during the initialization of the JVM. An attacker can force the JVM into an infinite busy hang on a spinlock or a segmentation fault by sending a shutdown signal (SIGTERM, SIGINT or SIGHUP) before the JVM has finished initializing.

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