CVE-2023-21830: Medium severity Oracle Communications Unified Assurance vulnerability

Published Jan 12, 2023
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Updated

An unspecified flaw was found in the way the Serialization component of OpenJDK performed deserialization of data from serialized input. An untrusted Java application or applet could possibly use this flaw to bypass Java sandbox restrictions.

Other sources

An unspecified vulnerability in Java SE related to the Serialization component could allow a remote attacker to cause a denial of service resulting in a low integrity impact using unknown attack vectors.

IBM

Vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE (component: Serialization). Supported versions that are affected are Oracle Java SE: 8u351, 8u351-perf; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.8 and 21.3.4. Easily exploitable 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

Microsoft

Affected Software

27 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el7_9
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el7_9
redhat/java<1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.8.0-1jpp.1.el7
1.8.0-ibm-1:1.8.0.8.0-1jpp.1.el7
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b09-2.el8_7
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b09-2.el8_7
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_1
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_1
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_2
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_2
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_4
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_4
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_6
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-1.el8_6
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b09-2.el9_1
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b09-2.el9_1
redhat/java<1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-2.el9_0
1.8.0-openjdk-1:1.8.0.362.b08-2.el9_0
Oracle Communications Unified Assurance>=5.5.0<=5.5.17
Oracle Communications Unified Assurance>=6.0.0<=6.0.2
Oracle GraalVM=20.3.8
Oracle GraalVM=21.3.4
Oracle GraalVM=22.3.0
Oracle JDK=1.8.0-update351
Oracle JDK=11.0.17
Oracle JDK=17.0.5
Oracle JDK=19.0.1
Oracle JRE=1.8.0-update351
Oracle JRE=11.0.17
Oracle JRE=17.0.5
Oracle JRE=19.0.1
Azul Zulu=6.51
Azul Zulu=7.57
Azul Zulu=8.66
Microsoft cm1 openjdk8 1.8.0.332-2
IBM InfoSphere Data Architect<=9.2.1

Event History

Jan 12, 2023
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·03:16 PM
DescriptionSeverityAffected Software
Jan 17, 2023
CVE Published
08:00 PM
CVE Published
via MITRE·11:35 PM
Data Sourced
via MITRE·11:35 PM
DescriptionSeverity
Oct 1, 2025
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·11:11 PM
DescriptionSeverityWeakness
Data Sourced
via Microsoft·11:11 PM
Affected Software
Updated
via Microsoft·11:11 PM
DescriptionSeverity
Mar 4, 2026
Data Sourced
via IBM·12:00 AM
DescriptionAffected Software
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is the vulnerability ID for this issue?

The vulnerability ID for this issue is CVE-2023-21830.

2

Which component of Java SE is affected by this vulnerability?

This vulnerability affects the Serialization component of Java SE.

3

What is the severity of CVE-2023-21830?

The severity of CVE-2023-21830 is medium with a CVSS score of 5.3.

4

Which versions of Oracle Java SE and GraalVM Enterprise Edition are affected by this vulnerability?

The affected versions are Oracle Java SE: 8u351, 8u351-perf; Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition: 20.3.8 and 21.3.4.

5

How can I fix CVE-2023-21830?

To fix this vulnerability, update your Oracle Java SE or GraalVM Enterprise Edition to the recommended versions provided by Oracle.

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