Access Restriction Bypass Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [,1.7.0_341)[1.8.0,1.8.0_331)[9.0.0,11.0.15)[12.0.0,17.0.3)[18.0.0,18.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
77.15% (100th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-2767963
  • published20 Apr 2022
  • disclosed20 Apr 2022
  • creditNeil Madden

Introduced: 20 Apr 2022

CVE-2022-21449  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-284  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 7.0.341, 8.0.331, 11.0.15, 17.0.3, 18.0.1 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Access Restriction Bypass by an unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols. This is due to incorrect implementation of the ECDSA cryptographic signature in Java. Exploiting this vulnerability results in unauthorized creation, deletion, or modification access to critical data or all Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data.

Notes:

  1. 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.

  2. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service that supplies data to the APIs.

CVSS Base Scores

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