GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-8477-3v39-ggpm Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value in Bouncy Castle
MEDIUM
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- Aliases
- CVE-2018-5382
- Ecosystem
- Maven
- Packages
- org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on
- Severity
- Moderate
- CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-354
- Reviewed
- 2022-06-28
Affected packages
• Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on: < 1.50 → fixed in 1.50
Description
The default BKS keystore use an HMAC that is only 16 bits long, which can allow an attacker to compromise the integrity of a BKS keystore. Bouncy Castle release 1.47 changes the BKS format to a format which uses a 160 bit HMAC instead. This applies to any BKS keystore generated prior to BC 1.47. For situations where people need to create the files for legacy reasons a specific keystore type "BKS-V1" was introduced in 1.49. It should be noted that the use of "BKS-V1" is discouraged by the library authors and should only be used where it is otherwise safe to do so, as in where the use of a 16 bit checksum for the file integrity check is not going to cause a security issue in itself.
Related
Alias · CVE (1)
- CVE-2018-5382 The default BKS keystore use an HMAC that is only 16 bits long, which can allow an attacker to compromise the integrity of a BKS keystore. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-354 Improper Validation of Integrity Check Value weakness