CVE-2016-3500 Denial of service in n/a

Medium 5.3 Published Updated

Remote attackers can cause a denial of service in Oracle Java SE via unspecified vectors related to JAXP.

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

What is CVE-2016-3500?

CVE-2016-3500 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 21 Jul 2016. 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 6u115, 7u101, and 8u92; Java SE Embedded 8u91; and JRockit R28.3.10 allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JAXP, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-3508.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3500?

It affects 4 products.

Products include Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre, Oracle Jrockit, Oracle Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3500?

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-2016-3500 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3500 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Oracle Jdk vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-f43w-g5m4-854w, MINI-77vg-q3c4-982q, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-3500.

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