Improper Security Checks Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [11.0.0,11.0.7)[14.0.0,14.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
2.16% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-565805
  • published16 Apr 2020
  • disclosed14 Apr 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 14 Apr 2020

CVE-2020-2767  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-358  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 11.0.7, 14.0.1 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Improper Security Checks in the way the TLS implementation in the JSSE component of OpenJDK handled unexpected Certificate messages during the TLS handshake. This could possibly allow an attacker to tamper with certificate verification performed during the handshake.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1