GHSA-RRVX-PWF8-P59P

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2018-10-17 16:24 – Updated: 2025-09-12 19:14
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Summary
In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values
Details

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values. If the JCA key pair generator is not explicitly initialised with DSA parameters, 1.55 and earlier generates a private value assuming a 1024 bit key size. In earlier releases this can be dealt with by explicitly passing parameters to the key pair generator.

Severity ?
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2016-1000343"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:55:50Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-06-04T13:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values. If the JCA key pair generator is not explicitly initialised with DSA parameters, 1.55 and earlier generates a private value assuming a 1024 bit key size. In earlier releases this can be dealt with by explicitly passing parameters to the key pair generator.",
  "id": "GHSA-rrvx-pwf8-p59p",
  "modified": "2025-09-12T19:14:22Z",
  "published": "2018-10-17T16:24:22Z",
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      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000343"
    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/50a53068c094d6cff37659da33c9b4505becd389#diff-5578e61500abb2b87b300d3114bdfd7d"
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      "type": "WEB",
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E"
    },
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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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      "url": "https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html"
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      "type": "CVSS_V3"
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  "summary": "In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values"
}


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