CVE-2016-1000346
mediumpriority · track · 16EPSS 0.022 · 82 %ileEUFRUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
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.
cvss
Technical severity, 0–10. One row per scoring source.
base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · low–medium · 3.4–4.3
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affected products (6)
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advisories (2)
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- GHSA-fjqm-246c-mwqgIn Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the other party DH public key is not fully validated2018-10-17ghsa · osvUS
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.
- CERTFR-2026-AVI-1336Multiples vulnérabilités dans les produits IBMFrançais2026-10-16vendor · certfrFR
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references (29)
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- http://kb.juniper.net/InfoCenter/index?page=content&id=JSA10939cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669cnnvd
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927cnnvd
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/1127131c89021612c6eefa26dbe5714c194e7495#diff-d525a20b8acaed791ae2f0f770eb5937cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.htmlcnnvd
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/cnnvd
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2019.2561/cnnvd
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