GitHub Advisoryadvisory · Maven
GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69 In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode
HIGH
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- Aliases
- CVE-2016-1000352
- 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-326
- 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 ECIES 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-2016-1000352 In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. vulnerability
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-326 Inadequate Encryption Strength weakness
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352 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-w285-wf9q-5w69 advisory
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java package
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004 web
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html web