Medium severity · published Jun 4, 2018
CVE-2016-1000341
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier DSA signature generation is vulnerable to timing attack
5.9
CVSS
2.6%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier DSA signature generation is vulnerable to timing attack. Where timings can be closely observed for the generation of signatures, the lack of blinding in 1.55, or earlier, may allow an attacker to gain information about the signature's k value and ultimately the private value as well.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.6% · higher than 85% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
BC
Bc-java · Bouncycastle
through 1.55 · source: NVD
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000341
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1000341
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
access.redhat.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
Patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/acaac81f96fec91ab45bd0412beaf9c3acd8defa#diff-e75226a9ca49217a7276b29242ec59ce
Third Party Advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
usn.ubuntu.com
https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
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