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CVE-2020-2830

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 4.9% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2020-04-15 · updated 2026-06-17

Description

Vulnerability in the Java SE, Java SE Embedded product of Oracle Java SE (component: Concurrency). Supported versions that are affected are Java SE: 7u251, 8u241, 11.0.6 and 14; Java SE Embedded: 8u241. Easily exploitable 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 ability to cause a partial denial of service (partial DOS) of Java SE, Java SE Embedded. Note: Applies to client and server deployment of Java. This vulnerability can be exploited through sandboxed Java Web Start applications and sandboxed Java applets. It can also be exploited by supplying data to APIs in the specified Component without using sandboxed Java Web Start applications or sandboxed Java applets, such as through a web service. CVSS 3.0 Base Score 5.3 (Availability impacts). CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L).

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: 16.04, 18.04, 19.10
• Debian Linux: 8.0, 10.0
• Fedoraproject Fedora: 30, 31, 32
• McAfee,LLC Threat Intelligence Exchange Server (TIE Server): from 2.0.0 before 2.3.1; 2.3.1, 2.3.1-hotfix1, 2.3.1-hotfix2, 3.0.0 — fixed in 2.3.1
• NetApp 7-Mode Transition Tool: all versions
• Active IQ Unified Manager for VMware vSphere, Linux, and Microsoft Windows: from 7.3; from 9.5
• NetApp Cloud Backup: all versions
• NetApp E-Series Performance Analyzer: all versions
• E-Series SANtricity OS Controller Software 11.x: from 11.0.0 through 11.60.1
• NetApp E-Series Santricity Web Services: all versions
• OnCommand Insight: all versions
• NetApp OnCommand Workflow Automation: all versions
• NetApp Plug-In For Symantec Netbackup: all versions
• NetApp Santricity Unified Manager: all versions
• SnapManager for Oracle: all versions
• NetApp Steelstore Cloud Integrated Storage: all versions
• NetApp StorageGRID: from 9.0.0 through 9.0.4
• openSUSE Leap: 15.1, 15.2
• Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update251, 1.8.0-update241, 11.0.6, 14.0.0
• Oracle Java SE: 1.7.0-update_251, 1.8.0-update_241, 11.0.6, 14.0.0
• containers/openjdk: from 11 through 11.0.6; from 13 through 13.0.2; 7, 7-update1, 7-update10, 7-update101, 7-update11, 7-update111 (+84)

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: McAfee,LLC Threat Intelligence Exchange Server (TIE Server) 2.3.1. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00000.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00023.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-06/msg00048.html
• https://kc.mcafee.com/corporate/index?page=content&id=SB10318
• https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00024.html
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CKAV6KFFAEANXAN73AFTGU7Z6YNRWCXQ/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/L7VHC4EW36KZEIDQ56RPCWBZCQELFFKN/
• https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/NYHHHZRHXCBGRHGE5UP7UEB4IZ2QX536/
• https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202006-22
• https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20200416-0004/
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/4337-1/
• https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4662

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