CVE-2013-1488

Description

The Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 6 and 7, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors involving reflection, Libraries, "improper toString calls," and the JDBC driver manager, as demonstrated by James Forshaw during a Pwn2Own competition at CanSecWest 2013.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157
• http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/a19614a3dabb
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
• http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
• http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1
• http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A
• http://www.zdnet.com/pwn2own-down-go-all-the-browsers-7000012283/
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=920247
• https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16511
• https://twitter.com/thezdi/status/309425888188043264
• https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124
• https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/
• http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/
• http://h30499.www3.hp.com/t5/HP-Security-Research-Blog/Pwn2Own-2013/ba-p/5981157

CWEs

CWE-94