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high 7.8

CVE-2007-3698 json

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.…

published 2007-07-11 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2007-3682

cvss
7.8
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.8%
EPSS 3.8% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 90%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

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.

Patch / fix

  • java-1.5.0-bea RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-src RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-demo RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-jdbc RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.5.0-bea-missioncontrol RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 3 EXTRAS 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 4 EXTRAS 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4
  • java-1.4.2-ibm RHEL 5 EXTRAS 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5

red hat advisories RHSA-2007:0956RHSA-2008:0132RHSA-2007:0818RHSA-2008:0100RHSA-2007:1086

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-3698 updated

Java Secure Socket Extension Does Not Correctly Process SSL/TLS Handshake Requests Resulting in a Denial of Service (DoS) Condition

  • Red Hat Desktop version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Desktop version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-src 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-demo 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Supplementary (v. 5) java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-bea 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-bea-src 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el5, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el5, java-1.5.0-bea-src 1.5.0.11-1jpp.1.el5, +10 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.16-1jpp.1.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-demo 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, java-1.4.2-ibm-jdbc 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el3, +1 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0100
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 Extras java-1.4.2-bea 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-ibm-src 1.4.2.10-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.5.0-sun-src 1.5.0.12-1jpp.2.el4, java-1.4.2-bea-jdbc 1.4.2.15-1jpp.2.el4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0132

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Exploit prediction

3.82% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 90% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 7.8 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.