CVE-2013-2421

CVE Details

Release Date:

2013-04-16

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to incorrect MethodHandle lookups, which allows remote attackers to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

See more information about CVE-2013-2421 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD

CVSS v2.0 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score:	6.8	Base Metrics:	AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector:	Network	Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None required	Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial	Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-0770	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-0752	2013-04-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-0770	2013-04-24
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2013-0751	2013-04-17

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