CVE-2024-21144 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, primarily affecting client-side sandboxed deployments.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2024-21144?
CVE-2024-21144 is a low-severity denial of service vulnerability in Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, published on 16 Jul 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 Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Concurrency). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u411, 8u411-perf, 11.0.23; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.14 and 21.3.10. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. 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. Note: This vulnerability 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. 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 3.1 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-2024-21144?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including java, java-min and jre. It affects 4 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
java Bitnami | All versions | 1.8.0, 8.0.421, 11.0.24 |
java-min Bitnami | All versions | 1.8.0, 8.0.421, 11.0.24 |
jre Bitnami | All versions | 1.8.0, 8.0.421, 11.0.24 |
Products include Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation, Oracle Graalvm, Oracle Jdk, Oracle Jre.
How do I fix CVE-2024-21144?
Upgrade java to a fixed version for your release line: 1.8.0, 8.0.421 or 11.0.24.
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-2024-21144 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-21144 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Netapp Oncommand Workflow Automation
Sources
Also known as BIT-java-2024-21144, BIT-java-min-2024-21144, BIT-jre-2024-21144, CLEANSTART-2026-FB05773, CLEANSTART-2026-TW29292, DEBIAN-CVE-2024-21144 and 5 more.