It was found that the JAXP component of OpenJDK failed to correctly enforce parse tree size limits when parsing XML document. An attacker able to make a Java application parse a specially crafted XML document could use this flaw to make it consume an excessive amount of CPU and memory.
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CVSS3 Base Score | 5.9 |
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CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
Attack Vector | Network |
Attack Complexity | High |
Privileges Required | None |
User Interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | None |
Integrity Impact | None |
Availability Impact | High |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1204 | 2017-05-09 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1109 | 2017-04-20 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1108 | 2017-04-21 |
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:1119 | 2017-04-24 |
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1117 | 2017-04-24 |
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1117 | 2017-04-24 |
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:1119 | 2017-04-24 |
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1118 | 2017-04-24 |
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1118 | 2017-04-24 |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1204 | 2017-05-09 |
Platform | Package | State |
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-sun | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Will not fix |
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Will not fix |