Missing Required Cryptographic Step Affecting python-pulp-integrity package, versions <0:2.16.4.1-5.el7sat


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-PYTHONPULPINTEGRITY-5369248
  • published26 Mar 2023
  • disclosed27 Apr 2016

Introduced: 27 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-1000345  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-325  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 python-pulp-integrity to version 0:2.16.4.1-5.el7sat or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2018:2927.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-pulp-integrity package and not the python-pulp-integrity package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES/ECIES CBC mode vulnerable to padding oracle attack. For BC 1.55 and older, in an environment where timings can be easily observed, it is possible with enough observations to identify when the decryption is failing due to padding.