CVE-2019-2449 Denial of service in Java
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a partial denial of service in Java SE via network access, requiring user interaction.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2019-2449?
CVE-2019-2449 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, published on 16 Jan 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Java SE component of Oracle Java SE (subcomponent: Deployment). The supported version that is affected is Java SE: 8u192. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE. Successful attacks require human interaction from a person other than the attacker. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), 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 3.0 Base Score 3.1 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2449?
It affects 11 products.
Products include Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Netapp Snapmanager, Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre, Redhat Enterprise Linux and 5 more.
How do I fix CVE-2019-2449?
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-2019-2449 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2449 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Oncommand Unified Manager
- CVE-2018-5487 Code injection in OnCommand Unified Manager for Linux
- CVE-2018-5485 Privilege escalation in OnCommand Unified Manager for Windows
- CVE-2018-5486 Security feature bypass in OnCommand Unified Manager for Linux
- CVE-2019-5494 Information disclosure in OnCommand Unified Manager 7-Mode
- CVE-2019-5495 Information disclosure in OnCommand Unified Manager for VMware vSphere,Linux and Windows 7.2 and above
Sources
Also known as GHSA-f342-vvpf-f8xr, MINI-p9cp-cfpj-9wrh.