Bug 1471871 (CVE-2017-10135)

Summary:	CVE-2017-10135 OpenJDK: PKCS#8 implementation timing attack (JCE, 8176760)
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Tomas Hoger <thoger>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
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Priority:	low
Version:	unspecified	CC:	dbhole, jvanek, security-response-team
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Doc Text:	A covert timing channel flaw was found in the PKCS#8 implementation in the JCE component of OpenJDK. A remote attacker able to make a Java application repeatedly compare PKCS#8 key against an attacker controlled value could possibly use this flaw to determine the key via a timing side channel.	Story Points:	---
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Description Tomas Hoger 2017-07-17 14:50:21 UTC

A covert timing channel flaw was found in the PKCS#8 implementation in the JCE component of OpenJDK.  A remote attacker able to make a Java application repeatedly compared PKCS#8 key against an attacker controlled value could possibly use this flaw to determine the key via a timing side channel.

Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2017-07-18 19:54:26 UTC

Public now via Oracle CPU July 2017:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html#AppendixJAVA

The issue was fixed in Oracle JDK 8u141, 7u151, and 6u161.

Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2017-07-19 14:22:38 UTC

OpenJDK-8 upstream commit:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jdk/rev/079cd6c5de27

Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-20 16:01:23 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:1792 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1792

Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-20 16:03:37 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2017:1791 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1791

Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-20 16:19:27 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Oracle Java for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2017:1790 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1790

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2017-07-20 17:51:16 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:1789 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1789

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2017-08-07 15:07:46 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:2424 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:2424