Explain CVE-2013-1557
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 Update 17 and earlier, 6 Update 43 and earlier, and 5.0 Update 41 and earlier; and OpenJDK 6 and 7; allows remote attackers to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability via vectors related to RMI.  NOTE: the previous information is from the April 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to "missing security restrictions" in the LogStream.setDefaultStream method.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'SUSE-SU-2013:0835', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00013.html'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19294', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19294'}, {'name': 'GLSA-201406-32', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_GENTOO'], 'url': 'http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml'}, {'name': '[distro-pkg-dev] 20130417 [SECURITY] IcedTea 1.11.10 for OpenJDK 6 Released!', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'http://mail.openjdk.java.net/pipermail/distro-pkg-dev/2013-April/022796.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2013:0871', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2013:0758', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0758.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk7u/jdk7u-dev/jdk/rev/76eb3fb80740'}, {'name': 'APPLE-SA-2013-04-16-2', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_APPLE'], 'url': 'http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Apr/msg00001.html'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2013:145', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:145'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19672', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19672'}, {'name': 'TA13-107A', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_CERT'], 'url': 'http://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/alerts/TA13-107A'}, {'name': 'IV40772', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_AIXAPAR'], 'url': 'http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IV40772'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/25/security-icedtea-1-11-11-1-12-5-for-openjdk-6-released/'}, {'name': 'SSRT101252', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0130'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_MISC'], 'url': 'https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=952648'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2013:1455', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html'}, {'name': 'SSRT101305', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880'}, {'name': '59170', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/59170'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2013:0757', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0757.html'}, {'name': 'HPSBUX02922', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?objectID=c03898880'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21645566'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0124'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2013:0777', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-05/msg00017.html'}, {'name': 'MDVSA-2013:161', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_MANDRIVA'], 'url': 'http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:161'}, {'name': 'openSUSE-SU-2013:0964', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-06/msg00099.html'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2013:0752', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0752.html'}, {'name': 'USN-1806-1', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_UBUNTU'], 'url': 'http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1806-1'}, {'name': 'oval:org.mitre.oval:def:16688', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'signature', 'x_refsource_OVAL'], 'url': 'https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16688'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2013:1456', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2013:0814', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-05/msg00007.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpuapr2013-1928497.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://blog.fuseyism.com/index.php/2013/04/22/security-icedtea-2-3-9-for-openjdk-7-released/'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SU-2013:0934', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-06/msg00007.html'}, {'name': 'HPSBUX02889', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_HP'], 'url': 'http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=137283787217316&w=2'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED