CVE-2023-22036 Denial of service in Java SE JDK and JRE
An unauthenticated attacker can cause a partial denial of service in Oracle Java SE and GraalVM via network access.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-22036?
CVE-2023-22036 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 18 Jul 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition, Oracle GraalVM for JDK product of Oracle Java SE (component: Utility). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 11.0.19, 17.0.7, 20.0.1; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.10, 21.3.6, 22.3.2; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.7 and 20.0.1. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition, Oracle GraalVM for JDK. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition, Oracle GraalVM for JDK. Note: This vulnerability can be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. This vulnerability also 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. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-22036?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including java, java-min and jre. It affects 10 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
java Bitnami | From 9.0.0 | 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2 |
java-min Bitnami | From 9.0.0 | 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2 |
jre Bitnami | From 9.0.0 | 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2 |
Products include Debian Debian Linux, Netapp 7-Mode Transition Tool, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit, Netapp Cloud Insights Storage Workload Security Agent, Netapp Oncommand Insight and 4 more.
How do I fix CVE-2023-22036?
Upgrade java to a fixed version for your release line: 11.0.20, 17.0.8 or 20.0.2.
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-2023-22036 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-22036 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Debian Debian Linux
Sources
Also known as BIT-java-2023-22036, BIT-java-min-2023-22036, BIT-jre-2023-22036, CLEANSTART-2026-EM88400, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-22036, GHSA-mw33-48wm-m4r2 and 9 more.