CVE-2016-0475

OpenJDK: PBE incorrect key lengths (Libraries, 8138589)

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

5.8

CVSS 2.0

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Published · January 19, 2016

Updated · June 28, 2026

Description

It was discovered that the password-based encryption (PBE) implementation in the Libraries component in OpenJDK used an incorrect key length. This could, in certain cases, lead to generation of keys that were weaker than expected.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 5.8
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CWE not specified