It was discovered that the DatagramSocket implementation in OpenJDK failed to perform source address checks for packets received on a connected socket. A remote attacker could use this flaw to have their packets processed as if they were received from the expected source.
Find out more about CVE-2014-6512 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | None |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1620 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1877 | 2014-11-19 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0264 | 2015-02-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1880 | 2014-11-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1620 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1880 | 2014-11-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1881 | 2014-11-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1882 | 2014-11-20 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0264 | 2015-02-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1634 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1636 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1876 | 2014-11-19 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2014:1657 | 2014-10-16 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2014:1658 | 2014-10-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1633 | 2014-10-14 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1634 | 2014-10-15 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2014:1634 | 2014-10-15 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2014:1657 | 2014-10-16 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2014:1658 | 2014-10-16 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2014:1657 | 2014-10-16 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2014:1658 | 2014-10-16 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1877 | 2014-11-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2014:1881 | 2014-11-20 |
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