Improper Certificate Validation Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [1.7.0,1.7.0_261)[1.8.0,1.8.0_251)[11.0.0,11.0.7)[14.0.0, 14.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
3.38% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-584588
  • published15 Jul 2020
  • disclosed14 Jul 2020
  • creditPhilippe Arteau of GoSecure

Introduced: 14 Jul 2020

CVE-2020-14577  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 7.0.261, 8.0.251, 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 Certificate Validation. A flaw was found in the way the JSSE component of OpenJDK performed TLS server name verification. The HostnameChecker class did not check if names stored in TLS server's X.509 certificate are in the normalized form, possibly leading to an incorrect name being matched.

CVSS Base Scores

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