CVE-2015-7940

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Summary

CVECVE-2015-7940
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2015-11-09 16:59:09 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
DescriptionThe 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."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-310 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bouncycastle Bouncy Castle Crypto Package All All All All
Operating System Opensuse Leap 42.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.2 All All All
Application Oracle Application Testing Suite 12.5.0.1 All All All
Application Oracle Application Testing Suite 12.5.0.2 All All All
Application Oracle Application Testing Suite 12.5.0.3 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.1.4 All All All
Application Oracle Enterprise Manager Ops Center 12.2.2 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.54 All All All
Application Oracle Peoplesoft Enterprise Peopletools 8.55 All All All
Application Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure 3.5.2 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Oracle Enterprise Manager Bugs Let Remote Users Access Data and Local Users Access and Modify Data - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-3417-1 bouncycastle af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: invalid curve attack on bouncycastle af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
USN-3727-1: Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 usn.ubuntu.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2016 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 22 Update: bouncycastle-1.50-8.fc22 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2019 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2020 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools Multiple Flaws Let Remote Users Access and Modify Data on the Target System - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - October 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - January 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - April 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2015:1911-1: important: Security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
oss-security - CVE Request: invalid curve attack on bouncycastle af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Bouncy Castle CVE-2015-7940 Information Disclosure Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
CPU July 2018 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update - July 2017 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.oracle.com
On Web-Security and -Insecurity: Practical Invalid Curve Attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 web-in-security.blogspot.ca Technical Description
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Flaws Let Remote and Local Users Access and Modify Data and Let Local Users Deny Service and Gain Elevated Privileges - SecurityTracker af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981321 Java (maven) Security Update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm)
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