GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven

GHSA-rrvx-pwf8-p59p In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values

HIGH Published 2018-10-17 Modified 2025-09-12 Official page ↗
Aliases
CVE-2016-1000343
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:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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 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.

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  • CVE-2016-1000343 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… vulnerability

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