CVE-2018-1000180

Description

Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.22%
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Affected: n/a n/a
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References

Link Tags
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2643 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2423 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2425 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567 third party advisory vdb entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html third party advisory patch
https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
https://www.bountysource.com/issues/58293083-rsa-key-generation-computation-of-iterations-for-mr-primality-test third party advisory
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/22467b6e8fe19717ecdf201c0cf91bacf04a55ad third party advisory patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/73780ac522b7795fc165630aba8d5f5729acc839 third party advisory patch
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/ third party advisory patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2018-1000180
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2018-1000180?
CVE-2018-1000180 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2018-1000180?
To fix CVE-2018-1000180, 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-2018-1000180 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2018-1000180 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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