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Article ID : 1000511.1
Article Type : Sun Alerts (SURE)
Last reviewed : 2010-05-21
Audience : PUBLIC
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Incorrect Certificate Validation in Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE), Java Plug-In and Java Web Start



Category
Security

Release Phase
Resolved

Bug Id
4730667, 4732385, 4735737, 4735750

Date of Resolved Release
23-JAN-2003

Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) may incorrectly validate the digital certificate ...

1. Impact

The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) may incorrectly validate the digital certificate of a web site. This may result in untrustworthy web sites being authenticated for SSL transactions.

The Java Plug-in and Java Web Start may incorrectly validate the digital certificates of signed JAR files. This may result in untrustworthy code being executed as trusted code.


2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

  • JSSE in SDK and JRE 1.4.0_01 or earlier 1.4.0 releases
  • JSSE 1.0.3 or earlier
  • Java Plug-in in SDK and JRE 1.4.1
  • Java Plug-in in SDK and JRE 1.4.0_02 or earlier 1.4.0 releases
  • Java Plug-in in SDK and JRE 1.3.1_05 or earlier 1.3.1 releases
  • Java Plug-in in SDK and JRE 1.3.0_05 or earlier 1.3.0 releases
  • Java Web Start 1.2
  • Java Web Start 1.0.1_02 or earlier 1.0.1 releases
  • Java Web Start 1.0

3. Symptoms

There are no reliable symptoms that would show the described issue has been exploited.


4. Workaround

There is no workaround. Please see the "Resolution" section below.


5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

  • JSSE in SDK and JRE 1.4.0_02 or later 1.4.0 releases
  • JSSE 1.0.3_01
  • Java Plug-in in SDK and JRE 1.4.1_01 or later 1.4.1 releases
  • Java Plug-in in SDK and JRE 1.4.0_03 or later 1.4.0 releases
  • Java Plug-in in SDK and JRE 1.3.1_06 or later 1.3.1 releases
  • Java Web Start in SDK and JRE 1.4.1_01 or later 1.4.1 releases

Note:



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Product
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