CVE-2020-2593

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Networking). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u241, 8u231, 11.0.5 and 13.0.1; Java SE Embedded: 8u231. Difficult to exploit vulnerability allows unauthenticated attacker with network access via multiple protocols to compromise Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Successful attacks of this vulnerability can result in unauthorized update, insert or delete access to some of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data as well as unauthorized read access to a subset of Java SE, Java SE Embedded accessible data. Note: This vulnerability applies to Java deployments, typically in clients running sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets (in Java SE 8), that load and run untrusted code (e.g., code that comes from the internet) and rely on the Java sandbox for security. This vulnerability can also be exploited by using APIs in the specified Component, e.g., through a web service which supplies data to the APIs. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 4.8 (Confidentiality and Integrity impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N).

How to fix CVE-2020-2593

To remediate CVE-2020-2593, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.

—upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
—upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
—upgrade to 1.7.0 or later
—upgrade to 11.0.6+10-1 or later

Is CVE-2020-2593 being exploited?

Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.

Affected packages (4)

from 0, < 1.7.0, >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.0, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.251, >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.241, >= 9.0.0, < 11.0.6, >= 12.0.0, < 13.0.2
from 0, < 1.7.0, >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.0, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.251, >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.241, >= 9.0.0, < 11.0.6, >= 12.0.0, < 13.0.2
from 0, < 1.7.0, >= 1.8.0, < 1.8.0, >= 7.0.0, < 7.0.251, >= 8.0.0, < 8.0.241, >= 9.0.0, < 11.0.6, >= 12.0.0, < 13.0.2
from 0, < 11.0.6+10-1

CVSS scores

Source	Version	Severity	Vector
osv	CVSS 3.1	MEDIUM4.8	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N