Insufficient Validation Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on package, versions [,1.56)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.33% (72nd percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-32365
  • published 13 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 29 Oct 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 Insufficient Validation. The other party DH public key is not fully validated.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
3.7 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None