CVE-2014-6593
Public on 2015-01-21
Modified on 2015-02-11
Description
It was discovered that the SSL/TLS implementation in the JSSE component in OpenJDK failed to properly check whether the ChangeCipherSpec was received during the SSL/TLS connection handshake. An MITM attacker could possibly use this flaw to force a connection to be established without encryption being enabled.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | 2015-02-11 | ALAS-2015-480 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2015-01-22 | ALAS-2015-471 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2015-01-22 | ALAS-2015-472 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |