It was discovered that the SSL/TLS implementation in the JSSE component in OpenJDK failed to properly check whether the ChangeCipherSpec was received during the SSL/TLS connection handshake. An MITM attacker could possibly use this flaw to force a connection to be established without encryption being enabled.
Find out more about CVE-2014-6593 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 4 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | None |
Find out more about Red Hat support for the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0264 | 2015-02-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0079 | 2015-01-22 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0079 | 2015-01-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0133 | 2015-02-05 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0086 | 2015-01-26 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0080 | 2015-01-22 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0086 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0264 | 2015-02-24 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0085 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0067 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0068 | 2015-01-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2015:0086 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0135 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0134 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0136 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0133 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0069 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.5.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0136 | 2015-02-05 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0067 | 2015-01-21 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0263 | 2015-02-24 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2015:0079 | 2015-01-22 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0085 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2015:0085 | 2015-01-26 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2015:0135 | 2015-02-05 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.8.0-oracle | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | Not affected |
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