CVE-2017-3259 Information disclosure in Java SE

What is CVE-2017-3259?

CVE-2017-3259 is a low-severity vulnerability in Oracle Jdk, published on 27 Jan 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 component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Deployment). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 6u131, 7u121 and 8u112. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS v3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Confidentiality impacts).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-3259?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre.

How do I fix CVE-2017-3259?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2017-3259 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-3259 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Oracle Jdk

• CVE-2012-4681 Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2012-1723 Oracle Java SE Runtime Environment (JRE) Arbitrary Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-4805 Deserialization in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-4835 Other in n/a Critical 10.0
• CVE-2015-4843 Other in n/a Critical 10.0

All Oracle Jdk vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2fjh-pp98-gvch, MINI-2q6r-j493-cc76.