CVE-2019-2964: Medium severity ibm engineering requirements quality assistant vulnerability
An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Concurrency component could allow an unauthenticated attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low availability impact using unknown attack vectors.
Other sources
It was discovered that the Pattern class in the Concurrency component in OpenJDK could throw an unexpected StackOverflowError exception when compiling specially crafted regular expression. This could possibly cause a Java application to exit because of an unhandled exception if it processed untrusted regular expressions.
— Red Hat
Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Concurrency). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4 and 13; Java SE Embedded: 8u221. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: This vulnerability can only be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using Untrusted Java Web Start applications or Untrusted Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is the severity of CVE-2019-2964?
The severity of CVE-2019-2964 is low with a severity value of 3.7.
How does CVE-2019-2964 impact Java SE?
CVE-2019-2964 is a vulnerability in the Concurrency component of Java SE, which could allow an unauthenticated attacker with network access to exploit the system.
Which versions of Java SE are affected by CVE-2019-2964?
Java SE versions 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4, and 13 are affected by CVE-2019-2964.
How can I fix CVE-2019-2964?
To fix CVE-2019-2964, update Java SE to versions 7u231, 8u221, 11.0.4, or 13.
Where can I find more information about CVE-2019-2964?
You can find more information about CVE-2019-2964 on Oracle's security alerts page and Red Hat's errata pages.