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CVE-2016-1000346

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the other party DH public key is not fully validated. This can cause issues as invalid keys can be used to reveal details about the other party's private key where static Diffie-Hellman is in use. As of release 1.56 the key parameters are checked on agreement calculation.

Published

2018-06-04T21:29:00.303

Last Modified

2025-05-12T17:37:16.527

Status

Modified

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 3.7 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

  • Access Vector: NETWORK
  • Access Complexity: MEDIUM
  • Authentication: NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact: NONE
  • Availability Impact: NONE
Exploitability Score

8.6

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses
  • Type: Primary
    CWE-320
Affected Vendors & Products
Type Vendor Product Version/Range Vulnerable?
Application bouncycastle bc-java ≤ 1.55 Yes
Operating System debian debian_linux 8.0 Yes
References