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CVE-2016-1000344

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mo

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.

HIGH · CVSS 7.4 EPSS 0.00388
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  • CVSS base score ≥ 7.0
Sigma rules0 YARA rules0
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Affected Products & Versions

1
bouncycastle bc-java<= 1.55
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Affected Packages

3
Language-ecosystem packages (from OSV) tied to this CVE, with the version that fixes it - the dependency-level detail NVD doesn’t carry.
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 HIGH fixed in 1.56
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 HIGH fixed in 1.56
Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on HIGH fixed in 1.56
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Scoring & Timeline

7.4
HIGH · CVSS v3.0 · cve@mitre.org
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Attack Vector
Network Adjacent Local Physical
Attack Complexity
Low High
Privileges Required
None Low High
User Interaction
None Required
Scope
Unchanged Changed
Confidentiality
None Low High
Integrity
None Low High
Availability
None Low High
Published to NVD04 Jun 2018 · 09:29 PM
CVSS VectorCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
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Vendor Advisories

3
suse-csafopenSUSE-SU-2024:10661-1
rhsaRHSA-2018:2669Moderate
rhsaRHSA-2018:2927Low
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References & Sources

3
Source URLs (vendor pages, mailing lists, write-ups). Exploit/PoC links are in their own section above to avoid duplication.
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1fPatchThird Party Advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
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