28th Jan 2003 [SBWID-5955]
COMMAND
Java Secure Socket Extension Incorrect Certificate Validation
SYSTEMS AFFECTED
Sun Java JSSE 1.0.3
PROBLEM
Alex Loots reports :
According to SUN it has been reported that: "the Java Secure Socket
Extension (JSSE) may incorrectly validate the digital certificate of a
web site. This may result in untrustworthy web sites being
authenticated for SSL transactions. The Java Plug-in and Java Web Start
may incorrectly validate the digital certificates of signed JAR files.
This may result in untrustworthy code being executed as trusted code."
From the JSSE changelog: "If an SSLContext was initialized
(SSLContext.init()) with an instance of the X509TrustManager
implementation, JSSE 1.0.3 incorrectly called the isClientTrusted()
method when making server trust decisions."
SOLUTION
See the SUN bulletin:
http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=fsalert%2F50081&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
The changelog Java(tm) Secure Socket Extension 1.0.3_01 mentions this
vulnerability :
http://java.sun.com/products/jsse/CHANGES.txt