Timing Attack Affecting openjdk-jre package, versions [,1.8.0_452)[9.0.0,11.0.27)[12.0.0,17.0.15)[18.0.0,21.0.7)[22.0.0,24.0.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.03% (8th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UPSTREAM-OPENJDKJRE-9728155
  • published17 Apr 2025
  • disclosed15 Apr 2025
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Apr 2025

NewCVE-2025-21587  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade openjdk-jre to version 8.0.452, 11.0.27, 17.0.15, 21.0.7, 24.0.1 or higher.

Overview

openjdk-jre is a free and open-source implementation of the Java Platform, Standard Edition (Java SE).

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack in security-libs/javax.net.ssl that exposes information from a TLS handshake via side channel.

CVSS Base Scores

version 4.0
version 3.1