It was discovered that the Libraries component of OpenJDK accepted ECDSA signatures using non-canonical DER encoding. This could cause a Java application to accept signature in an incorrect format not accepted by other cryptographic tools.
Find out more about CVE-2016-5546 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 7.5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | High |
| Availability Impact | None |
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:0269 | 2017-02-13 |
| Red Hat Satellite 5.6 (RHEL v.6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2017:1216 | 2017-05-09 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:0177 | 2017-01-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:0263 | 2017-02-09 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.7.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:0337 | 2017-02-28 |
| 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. 7) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2017:0336 | 2017-02-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:0269 | 2017-02-13 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:0180 | 2017-01-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 7) (java-1.8.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:0263 | 2017-02-09 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:0176 | 2017-01-19 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:0177 | 2017-01-19 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:0175 | 2017-01-19 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:0176 | 2017-01-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary 5 (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:0338 | 2017-02-28 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:0175 | 2017-01-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.8.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:0180 | 2017-01-20 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.6.0-sun) | RHSA-2017:0177 | 2017-01-19 |
| Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (java-1.7.0-oracle) | RHSA-2017:0176 | 2017-01-19 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.7.1-ibm) | RHSA-2017:0336 | 2017-02-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux Supplementary (v. 6) (java-1.6.0-ibm) | RHSA-2017:0338 | 2017-02-28 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk) | RHSA-2017:0269 | 2017-02-13 |
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