Insecure Encryption Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on package, versions [1.51 ,1.56)


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.22% (60th 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-32362
  • published 13 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 29 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. A carry propagation bug was introduced in the implementation of squaring for several raw math classes.

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