CVE-2013-2423 on CISA KEV

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracl

01What CISA says about this vulnerability

Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect integrity via unknown vectors related to HotSpot. NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from the original researcher that this vulnerability allows remote attackers to bypass…

02Required action — verbatim from CISA

Apply updates per vendor instructions.

03Notes & references

• security.gentoo.org — http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml
• weblog.ikvm.net — http://weblog.ikvm.net/PermaLink.aspx?guid=acd2dd6d-1028-4996-95df-efa42ac237f0
• www.us-cert.gov — http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A
• wiki.mageia.org — https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130
• rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html
• hg.openjdk.java.net — http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/b453d9be6b3f
• www.exploit-db.com — http://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/24976
• www.mandriva.com — http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161
• lists.opensuse.org — http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html
• rhn.redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html
• www.ubuntu.com — http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1
• blog.spiderlabs.com — http://blog.spiderlabs.com/2013/04/java-is-so-confusing.html
• bugzilla.redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952398
• oval.cisecurity.org — https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3…
• www.oracle.com — http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html
• blog.fuseyism.com — http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk…

04SARA's analyst layer — why this matters

This vulnerability is currently on the CISA KEV list, which CISA only adds CVEs to when there is reliable evidence of active exploitation in the wild. For federal civilian agencies, BOD 22-01 requires remediation by the due date above. For everyone else, KEV is the strongest "patch immediately" signal you can get from public threat intel.

05Affected products (summary)

Vendor	Product	Versions
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06Detection

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