CVE-2016-5597
Public on 2016-10-25
Modified on 2017-02-06
Description
A flaw was found in the way the Networking component of OpenJDK handled HTTP proxy authentication. A Java application could possibly expose HTTPS server authentication credentials via a plain text network connection to an HTTP proxy if proxy asked for authentication.
Severity
Medium
CVSS v3 Base Score
See breakdown
Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | 2017-02-06 | ALAS-2017-795 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2016-11-18 | ALAS-2016-771 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2016-10-27 | ALAS-2016-759 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv2 | 2.6 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 5.3 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/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 |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |