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Timing based attack vulnerabilities in the JAVA Secure Socket Extension (CIAC N-141) JAV:

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The U.S. Department of Energy
Computer Incident Advisory Capability
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INFORMATION BULLETIN

Timing based attack vulnerabilities in the JAVA Secure Socket Extension
[Sun Alert ID: 56380]

September 2, 2003 18:00 GMT Number N-141
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PROBLEM: A vulnerability exists in JAVA Secure Socket Extension (JSSE)
where, under certain circumstances, an intruder can determine
the security key used in SSL communications and use it to
decrypt the communications and listen in to an encrypted
conversation. Within that conversation is the login to the
server.
PLATFORM: Java JRE/SDK, Java Secure Socket Extension
DAMAGE: 1) The intruder would be able to decrypt an SSL session. 2)
Informaiton in an SSL session might give an intruder access to
a user's account.
SOLUTION: Apply patches as stated in Sun's Security Notification.
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VULNERABILITY The risk is MEDIUM. An unauthorized user could break into the
ASSESSMENT: encrypted communications and gain user access.
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LINKS:
CIAC BULLETIN: http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/n-141.shtml
ORIGINAL BULLETIN:
http://www.sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/retrieve.pl?doc=
fsalert%2F56380&zone_32=category%3Asecurity
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[***** Start Sun Alert ID: 56380 *****]

Sun(sm) Alert Notification
Sun Alert ID: 56380
Synopsis: Timing Based Attack Vulnerabilities in the Java Secure Socket
Extension
Category: Security
Product: Java JRE/SDK, Java Secure Socket Extension
BugIDs: 4822311, 4841890
Avoidance: Upgrade
State: Resolved
Date Released: 28-Aug-2003
Date Closed: 28-Aug-2003
Date Modified:

1. Impact

A vulnerability exists in Java Secure Socket Extension(JSSE) where it may be
possible under certain circumstances to gather information about Cipher Block
Chaining (CBC) encrypted data that is transmitted over a Secure Sockets Layer
(SSL) or a Transport Layer Security (TLS) channel. This issue does not expose
private or session keys.

This issue is described in:

* http://www.openssl.org/news/secadv_20030219.txt

A second vulnerability exists where it may be possible under certain
circumstances to extract private keys from an SSL server.

This issue is described in:

* http://crypto.stanford.edu/~dabo/abstracts/ssl-timing.html

2. Contributing Factors

This issue can occur in the following releases:

* JSSE in SDK and JRE 1.4.1_02 or earlier for Windows, Solaris and Linux
* JSSE in SDK and JRE 1.4.0_04 or earlier for Windows, Solaris and Linux
* JSSE 1.0.3_01 or earlier

Note: JSSE in SDK and JRE 1.4.2 and later are not affected.

3. Symptoms

There are no reliable symptoms that would show the described issues have been
exploited.

Solution Summary Top

4. Relief/Workaround

There is no workaround. Please see the "Resolution" section below.

5. Resolution

This issue is addressed in the following releases:

* SDK and JRE 1.4.1_03 and later for Windows, Solaris, and Linux
* JSSE 1.0.3_02 and later
* SDK and JRE releases are available at:

http://java.sun.com/j2se

JSSE 1.0.3_02 is available at:

* http://java.sun.com/products/jsse/index-103.html

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CIAC wishes to acknowledge the contributions of Sun Microsystems for the
information contained in this bulletin.
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