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CVE-2016-0376

• Severity: high (CVSS 8.1 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 5.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2016-06-03 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

The com.ibm.rmi.io.SunSerializableFactory class in IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6 before SR16 FP25 (6.0.16.25), 6 R1 before SR8 FP25 (6.1.8.25), 7 before SR9 FP40 (7.0.9.40), 7 R1 before SR3 FP40 (7.1.3.40), and 8 before SR3 (8.0.3.0) does not properly deserialize classes in an AccessController doPrivileged block, which allows remote attackers to bypass a sandbox protection mechanism and execute arbitrary code as demonstrated by the readValue method of the com.ibm.rmi.io.ValueHandlerPool.ValueHandlerSingleton class, which implements the javax.rmi.CORBA.ValueHandler interface. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2013-5456.

Affected products

• IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition: from 6.0.0.0 before 6.0.16.25; from 6.1.0.0 before 6.1.8.25; from 7.0.0.0 before 7.0.9.40; from 7.1.0.0 before 7.1.3.40; from 8.0.0.0 before 8.0.3.0 — fixed in 6.0.16.25, 6.1.8.25, 7.0.9.40, 7.1.3.40, 8.0.3.0
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Module For Legacy Software: 12
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Server: 11.0-sp2, 11.0-sp3, 11.0-sp4, 12.0, 12.0-sp1
• Novell Suse Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11.0-sp4, 12.0, 12.0-sp1
• Novell Suse Manager: 2.1
• Novell Suse Manager Proxy: 2.1
• Novell Suse Openstack Cloud: 5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Desktop: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Hpc Node Supplementary: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server: 6.0, 7.0
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Server Eus: 6.7, 7.2, 7.3, 7.4, 7.5
• RedHat Enterprise Linux Workstation: 5.0, 6.0, 7.0
• Red Hat Satellite 6: 5.6, 5.7

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: IBM SDK, Java Technology Edition 6.0.16.25, 6.1.8.25, 7.0.9.40, 7.1.3.40. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00039.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00040.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00042.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00058.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00059.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00061.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-05/msg00067.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2016-06/msg00002.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0701.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0702.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0708.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0716.html

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