Race Condition allows Bypass of Trust Restrictions
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Basic information
Project name: Eclipse Enterprise for Java / Eclipse Jersey
Project id: EE4J
Request type: reservation
Versions affected: [2.45, 3.0.16, 3.1.9]
Common Weakness Enumeration:
Common Vulnerability Scoring System: {cvss}
Summary:
In Eclipse Jersey versions 2.45, 3.0.16, 3.1.9 a race condition can cause ignoring of critical SSL configurations - such as mutual authentication, custom key/trust stores, and other security settings. This issue may result in SSLHandshakeException under normal circumstances, but under certain conditions, it could lead to unauthorized trust in insecure servers (see PoC).
Links:
- The proof of concept can be found under: https://github.com/dtbaum/jerseyCveCandidate/.
- The issue was already accepted, see my discussion with jersey maintainers: https://github.com/eclipse-ee4j/jersey/pull/5749
Tracking
This section will completed by the project team.
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Reserve an entry only -
We're ready for this issue to be reported to the central authority (i.e., make this public now) -
(when applicable) The GitHub Security Advisory is ready to be published now
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This section will be completed by the EMO.
CVE: {cve}
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All required information is provided -
CVE Assigned -
Pushed to Mitre -
Accepted by Mitre