GHSA-2j2x-hx4g-2gf4

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

Source: GitHub Advisory Database (reviewed) High CVE-2016-1000344

Packages

Ecosystem	Package	Affected	Fixed in
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14	< 1.56	1.56
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15	< 1.56	1.56
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on	< 1.56	1.56

Details

As written in the advisory (Markdown source, shown as plain text).

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.

References

External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000344 advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f web
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 web
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 web
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-2j2x-hx4g-2gf4 advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004 web
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html web