U.S. flag   An official website of the United States government
Dot gov

Official websites use .gov
A .gov website belongs to an official government organization in the United States.

Https

Secure .gov websites use HTTPS
A lock (Dot gov) or https:// means you've safely connected to the .gov website. Share sensitive information only on official, secure websites.

National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2003-1229 Detail

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.


Metrics

 
NVD enrichment efforts reference publicly available information to associate vector strings. CVSS information contributed by other sources is also displayed.
CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
N/A
NVD assessment not yet provided.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

By selecting these links, you will be leaving NIST webspace. We have provided these links to other web sites because they may have information that would be of interest to you. No inferences should be drawn on account of other sites being referenced, or not, from this page. There may be other web sites that are more appropriate for your purpose. NIST does not necessarily endorse the views expressed, or concur with the facts presented on these sites. Further, NIST does not endorse any commercial products that may be mentioned on these sites. Please address comments about this page to [email protected].

URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2003-01/0334.html CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
http://java.sun.com/products/jsse/CHANGES.txt CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Vendor Advisory 
http://secunia.com/advisories/7943 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1006007 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://securitytracker.com/id?1007483 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://sunsolve.sun.com/search/document.do?assetkey=1-26-50081-1 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Patch  Vendor Advisory 
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/6682 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Patch  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1006001 CVE, MITRE Broken Link  Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
http://www1.itrc.hp.com/service/cki/docDisplay.do?docId=HPSBUX0301-239 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/11182 CVE, MITRE Third Party Advisory  VDB Entry 
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A5883 CVE, MITRE Broken Link 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-295 Improper Certificate Validation cwe source acceptance level NIST  

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

CPEs loading, please wait.

Denotes Vulnerable Software
Are we missing a CPE here? Please let us know.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2003-1229
NVD Published Date:
12/31/2003
NVD Last Modified:
04/02/2025
Source:
MITRE