CVE-2023-21835

Published Jan 12, 2023
·
Updated

A flaw was discovered in the DTLS in JSSE component of OpenJDK, allowing malicious clients to make a DTLS server consume excessive resources by repeatedly transmitting a series of handshake initiation requests. The malicious client could also use this flaw to send pre-generated messages with a spoofed source, causing the server to send replies to a victim machine, thus potentially flooding it.

Affected Software

27 affected componentsFixes available
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el7_9
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el7_9
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-3.el8_7
17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-3.el8_7
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-2.el8_7
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-2.el8_7
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_1
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_1
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_2
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_2
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-2.el8_4
17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-2.el8_4
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_4
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_4
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-2.el8_6
17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-2.el8_6
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_6
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el8_6
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-3.el9_1
17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-3.el9_1
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-2.el9_1
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-2.el9_1
redhat/java<17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-2.el9_0
17-openjdk-1:17.0.6.0.10-2.el9_0
redhat/java<11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el9_0
11-openjdk-1:11.0.18.0.10-1.el9_0
Oracle GraalVM=20.3.8
Oracle GraalVM=21.3.4
Oracle GraalVM=22.3.0
Oracle JDK=11.0.17
Oracle JDK=17.0.5
Oracle JDK=19.0.1
ORACLE JRE=11.0.17
ORACLE JRE=17.0.5
ORACLE JRE=19.0.1
Azul Zulu=11.60
Azul Zulu=13.52
Azul Zulu=15.44
Azul Zulu=17.38
Azul Zulu=19.30

Event History

Jan 12, 2023
Data Sourced
via Red Hat·11:28 AM
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
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Frequently Asked Questions

1

What is CVE-2023-21835?

CVE-2023-21835 is a vulnerability in the Oracle Java SE, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition product of Oracle Java SE, specifically in the JSSE component.

2

What is the severity of CVE-2023-21835?

CVE-2023-21835 has a severity value of 5.3, which is classified as medium severity.

3

Which versions of Oracle Java SE and Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition are affected by CVE-2023-21835?

The affected versions are Oracle Java SE 11.0.17, 17.0.5, 19.0.1, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition 20.3.8, 21.3.4, and 22.3.0.

4

How do I fix CVE-2023-21835?

To fix CVE-2023-21835, you should update to the following versions: Oracle Java SE 11.0.18, 17.0.6, 19.0.3, Oracle GraalVM Enterprise Edition 21.3.5, 22.3.1.

5

Where can I find more information about CVE-2023-21835?

You can find more information about CVE-2023-21835 in the following references: [Reference 1](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk17u/commit/04f32aacb592cd8f9c963278f01310a138a940ff), [Reference 2](https://github.com/openjdk/jdk11u/commit/57f29406b9d729a69410113518094f641c5799ea), [Reference 3](https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:0202).

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