Timing Attack Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on package, versions [,1.66)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.13% (48th percentile)
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NVD
5.9 medium
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SUSE
5.9 medium
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Red Hat
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-1296075
  • published 20 May 2021
  • disclosed 20 May 2021
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on to version 1.66 or higher.

Overview

org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack. A timing issue within the EC math library can expose information about the private key when an attacker is able to observe timing information for the generation of multiple deterministic ECDSA signatures.