Information Exposure Affecting java-1_8_0-ibm package, versions <1.8.0_sr5.20-3.6.2


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES150-JAVA180IBM-2759973
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed9 Oct 2018

Introduced: 9 Oct 2018

CVE-2017-3736  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.0 java-1_8_0-ibm to version 1.8.0_sr5.20-3.6.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream java-1_8_0-ibm package and not the java-1_8_0-ibm package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 relevant fixed versions and status.

There is a carry propagating bug in the x86_64 Montgomery squaring procedure in OpenSSL before 1.0.2m and 1.1.0 before 1.1.0g. No EC algorithms are affected. Analysis suggests that attacks against RSA and DSA as a result of this defect would be very difficult to perform and are not believed likely. Attacks against DH are considered just feasible (although very difficult) because most of the work necessary to deduce information about a private key may be performed offline. The amount of resources required for such an attack would be very significant and likely only accessible to a limited number of attackers. An attacker would additionally need online access to an unpatched system using the target private key in a scenario with persistent DH parameters and a private key that is shared between multiple clients. This only affects processors that support the BMI1, BMI2 and ADX extensions like Intel Broadwell (5th generation) and later or AMD Ryzen.

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