CVE-2019-2999 Other in Java

Medium 4.7 Published Updated

An unauthenticated attacker can compromise Java SE via Javadoc, leading to unauthorized data access and modification, 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-2019-2999?

CVE-2019-2999 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, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

Vulnerability in the Java SE product of Oracle Java SE (component: Javadoc). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13. 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 and while the vulnerability is in Java SE, attacks may significantly impact additional products. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE accessible data as well as 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 (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 4.7 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-2999?

It affects 19 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, 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 and 13 more.

How do I fix CVE-2019-2999?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2019-2999 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-2999 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as CLEANSTART-2026-DM25674, CLEANSTART-2026-WJ39531, DEBIAN-CVE-2019-2999, GHSA-93p8-mvm4-c85w, MINI-hh5r-272m-xvf8, MINI-j852-xmf8-gxcm and 4 more.

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