CVE-2016-1000338

Summary

CVECVE-2016-1000338
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-01 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:29:00 UTC
DescriptionIn Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-347

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2016-1000338 Bouncy Castle Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Pony Mail! lists.apache.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1418-1] bouncycastle security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
added length check for sequence in DSA signatures · bcgit/bc-java@b0c3ce9 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
USN-3727-1: Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities | Ubuntu security notices | Ubuntu UBUNTU usn.ubuntu.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981307 Java (maven) Security Update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 (GHSA-4vhj-98r6-424h)
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