Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm in bouncycastle | CVE-2018-1000180

Q: How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable bouncycastle to version 1.59-2 or higher.

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Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BOUNCYCASTLE-278518
published5 Jun 2018
disclosed5 Jun 2018

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Introduced: 5 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-1000180 (opens in a new tab) CWE-327 (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable bouncycastle to version 1.59-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream bouncycastle package and not the bouncycastle package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.

Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm Affecting bouncycastle package, versions <1.59-2

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