CVE-2017-10355
OpenJDK: no default network operations timeouts in FtpClient (Networking, 8181612)
Severity
ModerateRed Hat Product Security
CVSS 3.0
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Published · October 17, 2017
Updated · June 28, 2026
Description
It was found that the FtpClient implementation in the Networking component of OpenJDK did not set connect and read timeouts by default. A malicious FTP server or a man-in-the-middle attacker could use this flaw to block execution of a Java application connecting to an FTP server.
CVSS score applicability
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Mitigation
No mitigation is specified in collected source.
CVSS / CWE
CVSS 3.0 · 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
CWE not specified