CVE-2018-2634
Public on 2018-01-18
Modified on 2018-03-23
Description
The JGSS component of OpenJDK ignores the value of the javax.security.auth.useSubjectCredsOnly property when using HTTP/SPNEGO authentication and always uses global credentials. It was discovered that this could cause global credentials to be unexpectedly used by an untrusted Java application.
CVSS v3 Base Score
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Affected Packages
| Platform | Package | Release Date | Advisory | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.7.0-openjdk | 2018-03-21 | ALAS-2018-974 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 1 | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2018-02-07 | ALAS-2018-949 | Fixed |
| Amazon Linux 2 - Core | java-1.8.0-openjdk | 2018-02-07 | ALAS2-2018-949 | Fixed |
CVSS Scores
| Score Type | Score | Vector | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amazon Linux | CVSSv3 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv2 | 4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| NVD | CVSSv3 | 6.8 | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N |