Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack."
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Related CVEs.
| ID | severity | exploitable | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVE-2015-7940US | medium5.0 | — | ||
The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series o… | ||||
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External citations — patches, advisories, analysis.
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174915.htmlWEB
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00012.htmlWEB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.htmlWEB
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.htmlWEB
- http://web-in-security.blogspot.ca/2015/09/practical-invalid-curve-attacks.htmlWEB
- http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3417WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/7WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/9WEB
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