bcgit/bc-java · Security
In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode
- GHSA ID
- GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69
- CVE ID
- CVE-2016-1000352
- Severity
- high
- Published
- Updated
- CVSS
- 7.4 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- CVSS v3
- 7.4 · CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Description
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier 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.
CWEs
- CWE-326 · Inadequate Encryption Strength
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352 ↗
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 ↗
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927 ↗
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-w285-wf9q-5w69 ↗
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html ↗
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004 ↗