ghsa-9gp4-qrff-c648
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-10-18 18:04
Modified
2021-09-07 21:35
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
Details

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES/ECIES CBC mode vulnerable to padding oracle attack. For BC 1.55 and older, in an environment where timings can be easily observed, it is possible with enough observations to identify when the decryption is failing due to padding.

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        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14"
      },
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-1000345"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:28:32Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES/ECIES CBC mode vulnerable to padding oracle attack. For BC 1.55 and older, in an environment where timings can be easily observed, it is possible with enough observations to identify when the decryption is failing due to padding.",
  "id": "GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648",
  "modified": "2021-09-07T21:35:29Z",
  "published": "2018-10-18T18:04:13Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/21dcb3d9744c83dcf2ff8fcee06dbca7bfa4ef35#diff-4439ce586bf9a13bfec05c0d113b8098"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927"
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    {
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15"
}


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