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CVE-2009-3875

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
Publication date:
05/11/2009
Last modified:
09/04/2025

Description

The MessageDigest.isEqual function in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Sun Java SE in JDK and JRE 5.0 before Update 22, JDK and JRE 6 before Update 17, SDK and JRE 1.3.x before 1.3.1_27, and SDK and JRE 1.4.x before 1.4.2_24 allows remote attackers to spoof HMAC-based digital signatures, and possibly bypass authentication, via unspecified vectors related to "timing attack vulnerabilities," aka Bug Id 6863503.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.00 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): None

Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update11_b03:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update15:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update16:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update17:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update18:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update19:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update20:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:sun:jdk:1.5.0:update21:*:*:*:*:*:*

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