High severity · published Jun 4, 2018
CVE-2016-1000352
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the ECIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode
7.4
CVSS
2.2%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.2% · higher than 82% 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
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000352
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1000352
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/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f
security.netapp.com
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
www.oracle.com
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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