Is CVE-2023-38264 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2023-38264 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2023-38264?

CVE-2023-38264 has a CVSS v3 base score of 5.9 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2023-38264?

CVE-2023-38264 has an EPSS score of 0.85% (54th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

How do I fix CVE-2023-38264?

Upgrade java-1.8.0-ibm on rocky 7 to 1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7 or later. Fixes are available for 16 affected products.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2023-38264

MEDIUM

5.9

CVSS v3

NVD

Description

The IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition's Object Request Broker (ORB) 7.1.0.0 through 7.1.5.21 and 8.0.0.0 through 8.0.8.21 is vulnerable to a denial of service attack in some circumstances due to improper enforcement of the JEP 290 MaxRef and MaxDepth deserialization filters. IBM X-Force ID: 260578.

CWE-502Deserialization of Untrusted Data

How to fix

Remediation Available

java-1.8.0-ibmRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibmRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-demoRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-demoRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-develRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-develRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-headlessRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-headlessRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbcRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-jdbcRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-pluginRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-pluginRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-srcRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-srcRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7.ppc64RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1jpp.1.el7RHSA-2024:4160

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-webstartRocky

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

java-1.8.0-ibm-webstartRed Hat / RHEL

Fixed in:1:1.8.0.8.25-1.el8_10RHSA-2024:3685

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v3 Vector

Exploitability

Attack VectorNetwork

Attack ComplexityHigh

Privileges RequiredNone

User InteractionNone

ScopeUnchanged

Impact

ConfidentialityNone

IntegrityNone

AvailabilityHigh

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Exploit Intelligence

0.85%probability of exploitation in 30 days

54thpercentile

Moderate risk: more likely to be exploited than 54% of all known CVEs.

References

Vendor Advisory2

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