CVE-2017-3526
Public on 2017-04-24
Modified on 2017-06-06
Description
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.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2017-06-06 | ALAS-2017-835 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2017-05-09 | ALAS-2017-827 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 7.1 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H |