Insecure Encryption Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on package, versions [1.47,1.56)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.54% (77th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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Red Hat
2.9 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-32361
  • published 13 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 4 Nov 2016
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on to version 1.56 or higher.

Overview

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

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Insecure Encryption. The DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values.

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