Information Exposure Affecting bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16 package, versions [,140)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.62% (80th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-BOUNCYCASTLE-5914636
  • published22 Sept 2023
  • disclosed1 May 2022
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 May 2022

CVE-2007-6721  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-203  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16 to version 140 or higher.

Overview

bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16 is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. An attacker can exploit a Bleichenbacher vulnerability in simple RSA CMS signatures without signed attributes.

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