CVE-2013-0440

OpenJDK: CPU consumption DoS via repeated SSL ClientHello packets (JSSE, 7192393)

Published Feb 2, 2013 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 5.5% KEV · Not listed
Description
Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.2_40 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JSSE. NOTE: the previous information is from the February 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to CPU consumption in the SSL/TLS implementation via a large number of ClientHello packets that are not properly handled by (1) ClientHandshaker.java and (2) ServerHandshaker.java.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2013-0451 Unspecified vulnerability in the Java Runtime Environment (JRE) component in Oracle Java SE 7 through Update 11, 6 through Update 38, 5.0 through Update 38, and 1.4.2_40 and earlier, and OpenJDK 7, allows remote attackers to affect availability via vectors related to JSSE. NOTE: the previous information is from the February 2013 CPU. Oracle has not commented on claims from another vendor that this issue is related to CPU consumption in the SSL/TLS implementation via a large number of ClientHello packets that are not properly handled by (1) ClientHandshaker.java and (2) ServerHandshaker.java.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-1724-1 OpenJDK vulnerabilities
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http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea6-1.11/file/icedtea6-1.11.6/NEWS cve-icon cve-icon
http://icedtea.classpath.org/hg/release/icedtea7-forest-2.3/jdk/rev/5c1e8b779c65 cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-02/msg00014.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00001.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-03/msg00034.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136439120408139&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136570436423916&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=136733161405818&w=2 cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0236.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0237.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0245.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0246.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0247.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1455.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-1456.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/858729 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:095 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/javacpufeb2013-1841061.html cve-icon cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57712 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA13-032A.html cve-icon cve-icon
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=859140 cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-0440 cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A16558 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19229 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19285 cve-icon cve-icon
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A19397 cve-icon cve-icon
https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2013-0056 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-0440 cve-icon
History

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
oracle
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:25 PM
Reserved
Dec 7, 2012, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 2, 2013, 12:55 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 11:49 PM
Severity
Moderate
Public date
Feb 1, 2013, 12:00 AM