CVE-2022-21443: Integer Underflow

Published Apr 15, 2022
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Updated

Eclipse Jetty is vulnerable to a denial of service, caused by an error related to some of the production servers spiking with CPU use. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to consume CPU that remains high even without any traffic.

Other sources

It was discovered that the ObjectIdentifier class in the Libraries component of OpenJDK did not properly validate the encoded length of the object identifier. This could lead to an integer underflow and possibly cause a Java application to throw an out of memory (OOM) exception because of excessive memory allocation.

Red Hat

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: 7u331, 8u321, 11.0.14, 17.0.2, 18; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.5, 21.3.1 and 22.0.0.2. 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 ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition. 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 can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.1 Base Score 3.7 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Affected Software

56 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el7_9
11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el7_9
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el7_9
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el7_9
redhat/java<1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
1.7.1-ibm-1:1.7.1.5.10-1jpp.1.el7
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.10-1jpp.1.el7
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.10-1jpp.1.el7
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_5
11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_5
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.3.0.6-2.el8_5
17-openjdk-1:17.0.3.0.6-2.el8_5
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_5
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_5
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.7.10-1.el8_6
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_1
11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_1
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_1
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_1
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_2
11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_2
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_2
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_2
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_4
11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.9-2.el8_4
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_4
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el8_4
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.10-1.el9_0
11-openjdk-1:11.0.15.0.10-1.el9_0
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.3.0.7-1.el9_0
17-openjdk-1:17.0.3.0.7-1.el9_0
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el9_0
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.332.b09-1.el9_0
debian/openjdk-11
11.0.16+8-1~deb10u111.0.20+8-1~deb10u111.0.20+8-1~deb11u111.0.21+9-1
debian/openjdk-17
17.0.7+7-1~deb11u117.0.8+7-1~deb12u117.0.9+9-1
debian/openjdk-8
8u382-ga-2
IBM Cognos Command Center<=10.2.4.1
Oracle GraalVM=20.3.5
Oracle GraalVM=21.3.1
Oracle GraalVM=22.0.0.2
Oracle Java SE=7u331
Oracle Java SE=8u321
Oracle Java SE=11.0.14
Oracle Java SE=17.0.2
Oracle Java SE=18
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Vmware Vsphere
NetApp Active Iq Unified Manager Windows
NetApp Cloud Insights Acquisition Unit
NetApp Cloud Secure Agent
NetApp E-Series SANtricity OS Controller>=11.0.0<=11.70.1
NetApp E-series Santricity Storage Manager
NetApp E-series Santricity Web Services Web Services Proxy
NetApp Element Software
NetApp Hci Management Node
NetApp OnCommand Insight
NetApp Santricity Unified Manager
NetApp Solidfire
All of the following
NetApp Bootstrap Os
NetApp Hci Compute Node
Debian Debian Linux=9.0
Debian Debian Linux=10.0
Debian Debian Linux=11.0
Azul Zulu=6.45
Azul Zulu=7.52
Azul Zulu=8.60
Azul Zulu=11.54
Azul Zulu=13.46
Azul Zulu=15.38
Azul Zulu=17.32
Azul Zulu=18.28
NetApp Bootstrap Os
NetApp Hci Compute Node

Event History

Apr 15, 2022
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·11:18 AM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Apr 19, 2022
CVE Published
08:00 PM
CVE Published
via MITRE·08:37 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·08:37 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
May 12, 56119
Event
05:07 PM
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the severity of CVE-2022-21443?

CVE-2022-21443 has a low severity rating due to its impact mainly resulting in denial of service.

2

How do I fix CVE-2022-21443?

To fix CVE-2022-21443, update to the specified patched versions of OpenJDK or the affected Java software mentioned in the remediation.

3

Who is affected by CVE-2022-21443?

CVE-2022-21443 affects users of certain versions of OpenJDK, IBM Java, and other Java-based products.

4

What types of attacks are possible with CVE-2022-21443?

CVE-2022-21443 allows an unauthenticated attacker to potentially cause a denial of service via unspecified attack vectors.

5

When was CVE-2022-21443 discovered?

CVE-2022-21443 was discovered and publicly disclosed in 2022.

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