CVE-2024-21068 Other in Java SE JDK and JRE

What is CVE-2024-21068?

CVE-2024-21068 is a low-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 16 Apr 2024. 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 for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Hotspot). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u401-perf, 11.0.22, 17.0.10, 21.0.2, 22; Oracle GraalVM for JDK: 17.0.10, 21.0.2 and 22; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 21.3.9. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM for JDK, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. 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 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-21068?

3 open source packages ship an affected version, including java, java-min and jre. It affects 10 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Netapp Active Iq Unified Manager, Netapp Data Infrastructure Insights Acquisition Unit, Netapp Data Infrastructure Insights Storage Workload Security Agent, Netapp Oncommand Insight, Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation and 4 more.

How do I fix CVE-2024-21068?

Upgrade java to a fixed version for your release line: 1.8.0, 8.0.411, 11.0.23 or 17.0.11.

Is CVE-2024-21068 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21068 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 BIT-java-2024-21068, BIT-java-min-2024-21068, BIT-jre-2024-21068, CLEANSTART-2026-LT49444, CLEANSTART-2026-PQ36006, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-21068 and 12 more.