CVE-2016-1000342

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-1000342
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-06-04 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-20 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionIn the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier ECDSA 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
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All

References

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Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
June 2018 Bouncy Castle Vulnerabilities in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] [DLA 1418-1] bouncycastle security update MLIST lists.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Added header validation for INTEGER/ENUMERATED · bcgit/bc-java@843c2e6 · 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

  • 980938 Java (maven) Security Update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 (GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3)
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