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Improper Neutralization of Null Byte or NUL Character Affecting java-17-amazon-corretto-devel package, versions <1:17.0.7+7-1.amzn2.1

high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.06% (27th percentile)
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NVD
3.7 low
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SUSE
3.7 low
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Red Hat
3.7 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-JAVA17AMAZONCORRETTODEVEL-5496537
  • published 4 May 2023
  • disclosed 18 Apr 2023
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Introduced: 18 Apr 2023

CVE-2023-21938 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-158 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 java-17-amazon-corretto-devel to version 1:17.0.7+7-1.amzn2.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2023-2025.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-17-amazon-corretto-devel package and not the java-17-amazon-corretto-devel package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Libraries). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u361, 8u361-perf, 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 20; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.8, 21.3.4 and 22.3.0. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability does not apply to Java deployments, typically in servers, that load and run only trusted code (e.g., code installed by an administrator). CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N).