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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLTRtdjctY3E3NS0zcWpt

Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15

The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack."

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: Moderate
Classification: General
Published: over 5 years ago
Updated: over 1 year ago

Identifiers: GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm, CVE-2015-7940
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-7940
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
• https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
• https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174915.html
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00012.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html
• http://web-in-security.blogspot.ca/2015/09/practical-invalid-curve-attacks.html
• http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3417
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/7
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/9
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79091
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037036
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037046
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037053

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages