Description
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)
Problem types
CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')
Product status
2.45
3.0.16
3.1.9
Credits
Dimitri Tenenbaum
References
gitlab.eclipse.org/security/cve-assignment/-/issues/74