CVE-2019-2987 Denial of service in Java

What is CVE-2019-2987?

CVE-2019-2987 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian 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 product of Oracle Java SE (component: 2D). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 11.0.4 and 13. 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 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 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 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2987?

It affects 12 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Netapp E-Series Santricity Os Controller, Netapp E-Series Santricity Storage Manager, Netapp E-Series Santricity Unified Manager, Netapp E-Series Santricity Web Services Proxy, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation and 6 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2987?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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-2019-2987 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2987 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 CLEANSTART-2026-OQ81085, CLEANSTART-2026-PL20403, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-2987, GHSA-756g-prwj-cm9w, MINI-5255-cv49-qgr2, MINI-cwpw-mv4f-fjx5 and 3 more.