GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
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/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.
References
External links from the advisory. They lead to third-party sites.
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000345
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/21dcb3d9744c83dcf2ff8fcee06dbca7bfa4ef35#diff-4439ce586bf9a13bfec05c0d113b8098
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9gp4-qrff-c648
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html