CVE-2017-3526
It was found that the JAXP component of OpenJDK failed to correctly enforce parse tree size limits when parsing XML document. An attacker able to make a Java application parse a specially crafted XML document could use this flaw to make it consume an excessive amount of CPU and memory.
Find out more about CVE-2017-3526 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5.9 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | High |
Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1204 | 2017-05-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1109 | 2017-04-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1108 | 2017-04-21 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:1119 | 2017-04-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1117 | 2017-04-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1117 | 2017-04-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:1119 | 2017-04-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1118 | 2017-04-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:1118 | 2017-04-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:1204 | 2017-05-09 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-sun | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-oracle | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Will not fix |