Vulnerability in Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
CVE-2016-1000338
In 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…
EPSS: 0.019 (76.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 7.5 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.
Affected products
- Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
- Netapp 7-mode_transition_tool
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 14.04
- Redhat Satellite — versions 6.4
- Redhat Satellite_capsule — versions 6.4
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (vendor-advisory, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (mailing-list, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- cve@mitre.org (Third Party Advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2016-1000338?
- CVE-2016-1000338 is a high-severity vulnerability in Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api, classified under Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature. CVSS score: 7.5/10. Published 2018-06-01.
- How severe is CVE-2016-1000338?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 7.5 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2016-1000338 known to be exploited?
- 4 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.