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


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    Confidentiality High
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.19% (56th percentile)
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NVD
7.4 high
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Red Hat
4.8 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-32366
  • published 13 Jun 2018
  • disclosed 27 Aug 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 ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.

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