CVE-2015-7940 – org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15

Package

Manager: maven
Name: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.51

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:A/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.01124 pctl0.77438

Details

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."

Metadata

Created: 2018-10-17T16:27:50Z
Modified: 2020-06-16T20:58:37Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm/GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-200"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm
Finding: F017
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