CVE-2013-5896 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published 15 Jan 2014 Updated 6 Aug 2024

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Java SE and OpenJDK via CORBA vectors, requiring patches to maintain availability.

Exploited in the wild: Not known
Login needed: Not needed
Attackable: Over the internet
Victim action needed: Not needed
Fix: Available

What is CVE-2013-5896?

CVE-2013-5896 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 15 Jan 2014. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

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.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-5896?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre.

How do I fix CVE-2013-5896?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.

Is CVE-2013-5896 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-5896 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as GHSA-7v64-rv29-rwhf.