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15 actionable advisories, newest first. Withdrawn advisories and news are excluded. Coverage is partial.

  1. Medium, CVSS 5.1MavenPublished

    Timing based private key exposure in Bouncy Castle

    CVE-2020-15522 · GHSA-6xx3-rg99-gc3p

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.66
    Fixed in
    1.66· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    Bouncy Castle BC Java before 1.66, BC C .NET before 1.8.7, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.1, BC before 1.66, BC-FNA before 1.0.1.1 have a timing issue within the EC math library that can expose information about the private key when an attacker is able to observe timing information for the generation of multiple deterministic ECDSA signatures.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.66 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  2. High, CVSS 8.1MavenPublished

    Logic error in Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java

    CVE-2020-28052 · GHSA-73xv-w5gp-frxh

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 >= 1.65, < 1.67
    Fixed in
    1.67· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    An issue was discovered in Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java 1.65 and 1.66. The OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the password, allowing incorrect passwords to indicate they were matching with previously hashed ones that were different.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.67 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  3. Medium, CVSS 5.3MavenPublished

    Observable Differences in Behavior to Error Inputs in Bouncy Castle

    CVE-2020-26939 · GHSA-72m5-fvvv-55m6

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.61
    Fixed in
    1.61· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC before 1.55 and BC-FJA before 1.0.2, attackers can obtain sensitive information about a private exponent because of Observable Differences in Behavior to Error Inputs. This occurs in org.bouncycastle.crypto.encodings.OAEPEncoding. Sending invalid ciphertext that decrypts to a short payload in the OAEP Decoder could result in the throwing of an early exception, potentially leaking some information about the private exponent of the RSA private key performing the encryption.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.61 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  4. Medium, CVSS 5.9MavenPublished

    Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15

    CVE-2016-1000345 · GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    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.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  5. High, CVSS 7.4MavenPublished

    In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode

    CVE-2016-1000344 · GHSA-2j2x-hx4g-2gf4

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  6. UnratedMavenPublished

    Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15

    CVE-2015-7940 · GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.51
    Fixed in
    1.51· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack."

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.51 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  7. High, CVSS 7.4MavenPublished

    In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode

    CVE-2016-1000352 · GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  8. Low, CVSS 3.7MavenPublished

    In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the other party DH public key is not fully validated

    CVE-2016-1000346 · GHSA-fjqm-246c-mwqg

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the other party DH public key is not fully validated. This can cause issues as invalid keys can be used to reveal details about the other party's private key where static Diffie-Hellman is in use. As of release 1.56 the key parameters are checked on agreement calculation.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  9. High, CVSS 7.5MavenPublished

    In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values

    CVE-2016-1000343 · GHSA-rrvx-pwf8-p59p

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    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.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  10. High, CVSS 7.5MavenPublished

    In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification

    CVE-2016-1000342 · GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  11. Medium, CVSS 5.9MavenPublished

    Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15

    CVE-2016-1000341 · GHSA-r9ch-m4fh-fc7q

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier DSA signature generation is vulnerable to timing attack. Where timings can be closely observed for the generation of signatures, the lack of blinding in 1.55, or earlier, may allow an attacker to gain information about the signature's k value and ultimately the private value as well.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  12. High, CVSS 7.5MavenPublished

    The Bouncy Castle JCE Provider carry a propagation bug

    CVE-2016-1000340 · GHSA-r97x-3g8f-gx3m

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 >= 1.51, < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider versions 1.51 to 1.55, a carry propagation bug was introduced in the implementation of squaring for several raw math classes have been fixed (org.bouncycastle.math.raw.Nat???). These classes are used by our custom elliptic curve implementations (org.bouncycastle.math.ec.custom.), so there was the possibility of rare (in general usage) spurious calculations for elliptic curve scalar multiplications. Such errors would have been detected with high probability by the output validation for our scalar multipliers.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  13. Medium, CVSS 5.3MavenPublished

    Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15

    CVE-2016-1000339 · GHSA-c8xf-m4ff-jcxj

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the primary engine class used for AES was AESFastEngine. Due to the highly table driven approach used in the algorithm it turns out that if the data channel on the CPU can be monitored the lookup table accesses are sufficient to leak information on the AES key being used. There was also a leak in AESEngine although it was substantially less. AESEngine has been modified to remove any signs of leakage (testing carried out on Intel X86-64) and is now the primary AES class for the BC JCE provider from 1.56. Use of AESFastEngine is now only recommended where otherwise deemed appropriate.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  14. High, CVSS 7.5MavenPublished

    In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider it is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate

    CVE-2016-1000338 · GHSA-4vhj-98r6-424h

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 >= 1.38, < 1.56
    Fixed in
    1.56· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.56 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →
  15. High, CVSS 7.5MavenPublished

    Bouncy Castle has a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator

    CVE-2018-1000180 · GHSA-xqj7-j8j5-f2xr

    Affected
    • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 < 1.60
    Fixed in
    1.60· Vendor fix available
    Issue
    Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

    Recommended action: Upgrade to 1.60 or later, then redeploy and verify.A vendor fix does not resolve your finding until you verify it in your own systems.

    Sources:github.comSource checked Evidence →