A covert timing channel flaw was found in the PKCS#8 implementation in the JCE component of OpenJDK. A remote attacker able to make a Java application repeatedly compare PKCS#8 key against an attacker controlled value could possibly use this flaw to determine the key via a timing side channel.
Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory |
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Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2017-08-15 17:30 | ALAS-2017-869 |
Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2017-07-25 17:54 | ALAS-2017-860 |
Score Type | Score | Vector | |
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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 | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
NVD | CVSSv3 | 5.9 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |