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  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2013-0440 Detail

Description

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.2_40 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JSSE. NOTE: the previous information is from the February 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to CPU consumption in the SSL/TLS implementation via a large number of ClientHello packets that are not properly handled by (1) ClientHandshaker.java and (2) ServerHandshaker.java.


Evaluator Description

Per http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html "Applies to server deployments of JSSE."

Metrics

 
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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.11/file/icedtea6-1.11.6/NEWS CVE, Oracle
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/5c1e8b779c65 CVE, Oracle
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00014.html CVE, Oracle
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00001.html CVE, Oracle
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00034.html CVE, Oracle
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2 CVE, Oracle
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136570436423916&w=2 CVE, Oracle
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2 CVE, Oracle
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0236.html CVE, Oracle
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.html CVE, Oracle
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0245.html CVE, Oracle
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0246.html CVE, Oracle
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.html CVE, Oracle
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html CVE, Oracle
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html CVE, Oracle
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml CVE, Oracle
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729 CVE, Oracle US Government Resource 
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095 CVE, Oracle
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html CVE, Oracle Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57712 CVE, Oracle
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html CVE, Oracle US Government Resource 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859140 CVE, Oracle
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16558 CVE, Oracle
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19229 CVE, Oracle
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19285 CVE, Oracle
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19397 CVE, Oracle
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0056 CVE, Oracle

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo Insufficient Information cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2013-0440
NVD Published Date:
02/01/2013
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
Oracle