CVEvulnerability

CVE-2003-1229

7.5 HIGH Published 2003-12-31 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2003-12-31
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-295

Description

X509TrustManager in (1) Java Secure Socket Extension (JSSE) in SDK and JRE 1.4.0 through 1.4.0_01, (2) JSSE before 1.0.3, (3) Java Plug-in SDK and JRE 1.3.0 through 1.4.1, and (4) Java Web Start 1.0 through 1.2 incorrectly calls the isClientTrusted method when determining server trust, which results in improper validation of digital certificate and allows remote attackers to (1) falsely authenticate peers for SSL or (2) incorrectly validate signed JAR files.

Affected configurations

• oracle jre (>= 1.3.0 <= 1.4.1) • sun java web start (>= 1.0 <= 1.2) • sun jsse 1.0.3

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation weakness

References