CVE-2007-3698

Severity

78%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

115%

The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Updates 7 through 11, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_11 through 1.4.2_14, when using JSSE for SSL/TLS support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain SSL/TLS handshake requests.

The Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) in Sun JDK and JRE 6 Update 1 and earlier, JDK and JRE 5.0 Updates 7 through 11, and SDK and JRE 1.4.2_11 through 1.4.2_14, when using JSSE for SSL/TLS support, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via certain SSL/TLS handshake requests.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C).

Overview

Type

Sun

First reported 17 years ago

2007-07-11 22:30:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-30 16:26:00

Affected Software

Sun JDK 5.0 Update10

1.5.0

Sun JDK 5.0 Update11

1.5.0

Sun JDK 5.0 Update7

1.5.0

Sun JDK 5.0 Update8

1.5.0

Sun JDK 5.0 Update9

1.5.0

Sun JDK 6 Update 1

1.6.0

Sun JRE 1.4.2_11

1.4.2_11

Sun JRE 1.4.2_12

1.4.2_12

Sun JRE 1.4.2_13

1.4.2_13

Sun JRE 1.4.2_14

1.4.2_14

Sun JRE 1.5.0_10 (JRE 5.0 Update 10)

1.5.0

Sun JRE 1.5.0_11 (JRE 5.0 Update 11)

1.5.0

Sun JRE 1.5.0_7 (JRE 5.0 Update 7)

1.5.0

Sun JRE 1.5.0_8 (JRE 5.0 Update 8)

1.5.0

Sun JRE 1.5.0_9 (JRE 5.0 Update 9)

1.5.0

Sun JRE 1.6.0 Update 1

1.6.0

Sun SDK 1.4.2_11

1.4.2_11

Sun SDK 1.4.2_12

1.4.2_12

Sun SDK 1.4.2_13

1.4.2_13

Sun SDK 1.4.2_14

1.4.2_14

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