SSD Advisory – Oracle Java and Apache Xerces PDF/Docx Server Side DoS

[Maor Shwartz <maors () beyondsecurity com>]

SSD Advisory – Oracle Java and Apache Xerces PDF/Docx Server Side DoS

Full report: https://blogs.securiteam.com/index.php/archives/3271
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Vulnerabilities Summary
The following advisory describes two (2) vulnerabilities found in Oracle
Java JDK/JRE (1.8.0.131 and previous versions) packages and Apache Xerces
(2.11.0)

The vulnerabilities are:

Oracle JDK/JRE Concurrency-Related Denial of Service
java.net.URLConnection (with no setConnectTimeout) Concurrency-Related
Denial of Service

Credit
An independent security researcher has reported this vulnerability to
Beyond Security’s SecuriTeam Secure Disclosure program

Vendor response
Oracle acknowledged receiving the report, and has assigned it a tracking
number: S0876966. We have no further information on patch availability or a
workaround.

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Thanks
Maor Shwartz
Beyond Security
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