CVE-2024-27267 IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition denial of service

Medium 5.9 Published Updated

A race condition in the IBM Java SDK ORB allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2024-27267?

CVE-2024-27267 is a medium-severity vulnerability in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition, published on 14 Aug 2024. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The Object Request Broker (ORB) in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.5.18 and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.8.26 is vulnerable to remote denial of service, caused by a race condition in the management of ORB listener threads.

Weakness: CWE-362

Which versions are affected by CVE-2024-27267?

It affects 1 product.

Linux distribution packages (8)
java-1.8.0-ibm Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10
java-1.8.0-ibm-demo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10
java-1.8.0-ibm-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10
java-1.8.0-ibm-headless Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10
java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10
java-1.8.0-ibm-plugin Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10
java-1.8.0-ibm-src Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10
java-1.8.0-ibm-webstart Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::supplementaryAll versions1:1.8.0.8.30-2.el8_10

Products include Ibm Java Sdk.

How do I fix CVE-2024-27267?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Is CVE-2024-27267 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2024-27267 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-7p73-rpm9-rwr6, RHSA-2024:6595.

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