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Cryptographic Issues Affecting bouncycastle package, versions <1.56-1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-BOUNCYCASTLE-278530
  • published4 Jun 2018
  • disclosed4 Jun 2018
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Introduced: 4 Jun 2018

CVE-2016-1000343  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable bouncycastle to version 1.56-1 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.

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values. If the JCA key pair generator is not explicitly initialised with DSA parameters, 1.55 and earlier generates a private value assuming a 1024 bit key size. In earlier releases this can be dealt with by explicitly passing parameters to the key pair generator.

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