CVE-2016-1000346

Description

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the other party DH public key is not fully validated. This can cause issues as invalid keys can be used to reveal details about the other party's private key where static Diffie-Hellman is in use. As of release 1.56 the key parameters are checked on agreement calculation.

Category

3.7
CVSS
Severity: Low
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.99% Top 25%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html third party advisory mailing list
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/ vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/1127131c89021612c6eefa26dbe5714c194e7495#diff-d525a20b8acaed791ae2f0f770eb5937 third party advisory patch

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-1000346?
CVE-2016-1000346 has been scored as a low severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-1000346?
To fix CVE-2016-1000346, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-1000346 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-1000346 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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