It was discovered that the GCM (Galois/Counter Mode) implementation in the JCE component in OpenJDK used a non-constant time comparison when comparing GCM authentication tags. A remote attacker could possibly use this flaw to determine the value of the authentication tag.
Find out more about CVE-2016-3426 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| Base Score | 2.6 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0716 | 2016-05-03 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1216 | 2017-05-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0651 | 2016-04-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0701 | 2016-04-29 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2016:0677 | 2016-04-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1039 | 2016-05-11 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0701 | 2016-04-29 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2016:0650 | 2016-04-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2016:0677 | 2016-04-21 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0702 | 2016-04-29 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.7 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1216 | 2017-05-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0708 | 2016-05-02 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:0708 | 2016-05-02 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.5) (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2016:1430 | 2016-07-18 |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | Not affected |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | java-1.6.0-openjdk | Not affected |
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