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GHSA-2j2x-hx4g-2gf4 In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2016-1000344
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on
- Severity
- High
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-1310
- Reviewed
- 2020-06-16
Affected packages
• Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14: < 1.56 → fixed in 1.56
• Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15: < 1.56 → fixed in 1.56
• Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on: < 1.56 → fixed in 1.56
Description
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.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2016-1000344 In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-1310 Missing Ability to Patch ROM Code weakness
References
- 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