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DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1000346

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...

Original description

The description as published by the source.

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.

Source: OSV.dev (Open Source Vulnerabilities) OSV

Affected packages

Debian:12 bouncycastle

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.56-1"}]}]

Debian:13 bouncycastle

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.56-1"}]}]

Debian:14 bouncycastle

[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"1.56-1"}]}]

References

advisory security-tracker.debian.org