CVE-2013-5896

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2013-5896  

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45; Java SE Embedded 7u45; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to CORBA. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that com.sun.corba.se and its sub-packages are not included on the restricted package list.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Unspecified vulnerability in Oracle Java SE 5.0u55, 6u65, and 7u45; Java SE Embedded 7u45; and OpenJDK 7 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to CORBA. NOTE: the previous information is from the January 2014 CPU. Oracle has not commented on third-party claims that com.sun.corba.se and its sub-packages are not included on the restricted package list.

Find out more about CVE-2013-5896 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.3
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0135 2014-02-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) RHSA-2014:0097 2014-01-27
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) RHSA-2014:0027 2014-01-15
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0982 2014-07-29
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) RHSA-2014:0030 2014-01-15
Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0982 2014-07-29
Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0982 2014-07-29
Red Hat Satellite 5.5 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0982 2014-07-29
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0135 2014-02-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0134 2014-02-04
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) RHSA-2014:0414 2014-04-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) RHSA-2014:0705 2014-06-10
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0134 2014-02-04
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) RHSA-2014:0097 2014-01-27
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) RHSA-2014:0026 2014-01-15
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0982 2014-07-29
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) RHSA-2014:0982 2014-07-29
Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) RHSA-2014:0414 2014-04-17
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.0-oracle) RHSA-2014:0030 2014-01-15

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.6.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.0-openjdk Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 java-1.7.0-oracle Not affected

Mitigation

Applications running with a security manager that make direct use of classes
in these JDK internal packages, need to adjust their security policy to
grant access. See Java Security Policy Files documentation.

External References