Vulnerability in java (CVE-2023-25193)
Summary
Vulnerability in java (CVE-2023-25193). Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure. Mitigation: upgrade to 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2 or later.
Original description
The description as published by the source.
hb-ot-layout-gsubgpos.hh in HarfBuzz through 6.0.0 allows attackers to trigger O(n^2) growth via consecutive marks during the process of looking back for base glyphs when attaching marks.
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A vulnerability tracked as CVE-2023-25193 has been found in java.
Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
What to do: upgrade java to 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2 or later.
If unsure, ask your IT team or search "java CVE-2023-25193" on the vendor's site.
CVE-2023-25193 (java)
Attack vector: remote (network-reachable) / unauthenticated / no user interaction
Patched: 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2 — apply immediately
Plan: 1) Audit SBOM/dependencies, 2) Stage→prod upgrade, 3) Add WAF/proxy monitoring on affected endpoints, 4) Hunt IOCs in logs.
Refs: see the GHSA / vendor advisory / patched release linked on this page.
A vulnerability (unclassified) exists in java.
Check the vendor advisory for the affected versions of java.
Severity: ?. Risk of unauthorized operations or information disclosure.
Update to 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2.
Until the patch is applied: disable the affected feature, apply WAF rules, or restrict access via network ACLs.
Search webserver/proxy logs for unusual request patterns matching this CVE's known IOCs. Run grep -r 'java' . against your dependency files (package-lock.json, requirements.txt, go.sum) to find affected services.
Response actions
Concrete steps and command examples for SOC/SRE teams to execute in order
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1Identify exposure identify
grep -r 'java' . | grep -v node_modulesリポジトリと本番環境の依存ファイル (package-lock.json / requirements.txt / go.sum / Gemfile.lock 等) で
javaを grep し、稼働しているサービス・バージョンを把握する。 -
2Apply patch patch
Upgrade java to 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2ステージング環境で 11.0.20, 17.0.8, 20.0.2 に上げて回帰テスト → 本番反映。回帰テストはアプリの主要ハッピーパスを含めること。
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3Post-deployment verification verify
Confirm patched version is live in productionパッチ適用後、ステージングで PoC または同等の悪用パターンを再現して脆弱性が閉じたことを確認。本番ではアクセスログ・WAF でアラート再発が無いか継続監視。
Affected packages
Fix status by distribution
Fixed packages published by each distribution for this CVE
- Debian DEBIAN-CVE-2023-25193 harfbuzz
References
- advisory chromium.googlesource.com
- advisory github.com
- advisory github.com
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web lists.fedoraproject.org
- web nvd.nist.gov
- web openjdk.org
- web security.netapp.com
- web oracle.com