CVE-2017-13098

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-13098
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-12-13 01:29:00 UTC
Updated2020-10-20 22:15:00 UTC
DescriptionBouncyCastle TLS prior to version 1.0.3, when configured to use the JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) for cryptographic functions, provides a weak Bleichenbacher oracle when any TLS cipher suite using RSA key exchange is negotiated. An attacker can recover the private key from a vulnerable application. This vulnerability is referred to as "ROBOT."

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-203

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4072-1 bouncycastle DEBIAN www.debian.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0607-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2020 MISC www.oracle.com
CVE-2017-13098 Bouncy Castle TLS Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
The ROBOT Attack - Return of Bleichenbacher's Oracle Threat MISC robotattack.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
VU#144389 - TLS implementations may disclose side channel information via discrepancies between valid and invalid PKCS#1 padding CERT-VN www.kb.cert.org Issue Tracking, Mitigation, Third Party Advisory, US Government Resource
Bouncy Castle CVE-2017-13098 Information Disclosure Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Confirm size of decrypted PMS before using · bcgit/bc-java@a00b684 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
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