CVE-2019-2949 Information disclosure in Java

Medium 6.8 Published Updated

An unauthenticated attacker can exploit a Kerberos vulnerability in Java SE to gain unauthorized access to critical data.

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

What is CVE-2019-2949?

CVE-2019-2949 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 16 Oct 2019. 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 product of Oracle Java SE (component: Kerberos). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via Kerberos to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. While the vulnerability is in Java SE, Java SE Embedded, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized access to critical data or complete access to all Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. 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 can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 6.8 (Confidentiality impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2949?

It affects 15 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Debian Debian Linux, Mcafee Epolicy Orchestrator, Netapp E-Series Santricity Os Controller, Netapp E-Series Santricity Storage Manager, Netapp E-Series Santricity Unified Manager and 9 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2949?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Is CVE-2019-2949 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2949 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-CC87367, CLEANSTART-2026-WH26018, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-2949, GHSA-522c-xxvj-5jhw, MINI-cqj3-824m-qpx4, MINI-gmvc-5vh5-cp2h and 4 more.

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