First published: Tue Jan 16 2018(Updated: )
It was discovered that the LDAPCertStore class in the JNDI component of OpenJDK failed to securely handle LDAP referrals. An attacker could possibly use this flaw to make the LDAPCertStore fetch attacker-controlled certificate data.
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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OpenJDK 17 |
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The vulnerability is considered to have a high severity due to the potential for an attacker to control certificate data.
To mitigate the risk of REDHAT-BUG-1535036, upgrade to the latest version of OpenJDK that includes the security patch.
This vulnerability can potentially facilitate man-in-the-middle attacks by allowing an attacker to supply malicious certificates.
REDHAT-BUG-1535036 mainly affects the JNDI component in Oracle OpenJDK.
Yes, REDHAT-BUG-1535036 may have an associated CVE ID that provides more details about the vulnerability.