CVE-2016-0695
Public on 2016-04-21
Modified on 2016-05-11
Description
It was discovered that the Security component in OpenJDK failed to check the digest algorithm strength when generating DSA signatures. The use of a digest weaker than the key strength could lead to the generation of signatures that were weaker than expected.
Severity
Low
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | 2016-05-11 | ALAS-2016-700 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2016-04-27 | ALAS-2016-693 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2016-04-21 | ALAS-2016-688 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |