CVE-2015-7940

bouncycastle: Invalid curve attack allowing to extract private keys

Published Nov 9, 2015 CVSS 3.0 · 3.7 Low EPSS 4.7% KEV · Not listed
Description
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."

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-361-1 bouncycastle security update
Debian DSA Debian DSA DSA-3417-1 bouncycastle security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0502 Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3727-1 Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
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