Bug 1298949 (CVE-2016-0475) - CVE-2016-0475 OpenJDK: PBE incorrect key lengths (Libraries, 8138589)
Summary: CVE-2016-0475 OpenJDK: PBE incorrect key lengths (Libraries, 8138589)
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2016-0475
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Blocks: 1295699
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Reported: 2016-01-15 13:39 UTC by Tomas Hoger
Modified: 2021-02-17 04:30 UTC (History)
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Doc Type: Bug Fix
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It was discovered that the password-based encryption (PBE) implementation in the Libraries component in OpenJDK used an incorrect key length. This could, in certain cases, lead to generation of keys that were weaker than expected.
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Last Closed: 2016-02-02 15:20:56 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0049 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update 2016-01-21 00:30:34 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0050 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Important: java-1.8.0-openjdk security update 2016-01-21 00:14:13 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0055 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.8.0-oracle security update 2017-12-15 03:12:59 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2016:0098 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Critical: java-1.8.0-ibm security update 2016-02-02 18:39:03 UTC

Description Tomas Hoger 2016-01-15 13:39:03 UTC 
It was discovered that the password-based encryption (PBE) implementation in the Libraries component of OpenJDK specified incorrect key length.  This could lead to generation of keys that were weaker than expected in certain cases.
Comment 1 Tomas Hoger 2016-01-19 21:52:11 UTC 
Public now via Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2016.  Fixed in Oracle Java SE 8u71.

External References:

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpujan2016-2367955.html#AppendixJAVA
Comment 2 Tomas Hoger 2016-01-20 14:02:00 UTC 
OpenJDK 8 upstream commit:

http://hg.openjdk.java.net/jdk8u/jdk8u/jdk/rev/5ea62bb625b6
Comment 3 errata-xmlrpc 2016-01-20 19:15:04 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2016:0050 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0050.html
Comment 4 errata-xmlrpc 2016-01-20 19:32:47 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:0049 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0049.html
Comment 5 errata-xmlrpc 2016-01-21 11:41:12 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-2016:0055 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0055.html
Comment 6 Tomas Hoger 2016-01-22 10:23:31 UTC 
Oracle JDK 8u71 has this note related to this change:

  Problem with PBE algorithms using AES crypto corrected

  An error was corrected for PBE using 256-bit AES ciphers such that the
  derived key may be different and not equivalent to keys previously derived
  from the same password.

  JDK-8138589 (not public)

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/java/javase/8u71-relnotes-2773756.html
Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2016-02-02 13:39:55 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Supplementary for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2016:0098 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-0098.html
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