CVE-2017-10281 Denial of service in Java

What is CVE-2017-10281?

CVE-2017-10281 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 19 Oct 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u161, 7u151, 8u144 and 9; Java SE Embedded: 8u144; JRockit: R28.3.15. Easily exploitable vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded, JRockit. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-10281?

It affects 30 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Backup, Netapp E-Series Santricity Management Plug-Ins, Netapp E-Series Santricity Os Controller, Netapp E-Series Santricity Storage Manager and 24 more.

How do I fix CVE-2017-10281?

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-2017-10281 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-10281 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-6r8c-cj9q-27wh, MINI-vjgf-h894-fchj, UBUNTU-CVE-2017-10281.