Bouncy Castle JCE Provider up to 1.55 ASN.1 Decoder signature verification
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A vulnerability was found in Bouncy Castle JCE Provider up to 1.55. It has been classified as critical. This affects some unknown functionality of the component ASN.1 Decoder. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a signature verification vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-347. The product does not verify, or incorrectly verifies, the cryptographic signature for data. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.
The bug was discovered 07/07/2018. The weakness was released 06/01/2018 (GitHub Repository). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-1000338 since 06/01/2018. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110948 (Debian DLA-1418-1 : bouncycastle security update), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Debian Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 197215 (Ubuntu Security Notification for Bouncycastle Vulnerabilities (USN-3727-1)).
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110948). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 118820, 118822, 118823 and 118824.
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Version
- 1.0
- 1.1
- 1.2
- 1.3
- 1.4
- 1.5
- 1.6
- 1.7
- 1.8
- 1.9
- 1.10
- 1.11
- 1.12
- 1.13
- 1.14
- 1.15
- 1.16
- 1.17
- 1.18
- 1.19
- 1.20
- 1.21
- 1.22
- 1.23
- 1.24
- 1.25
- 1.26
- 1.27
- 1.28
- 1.29
- 1.30
- 1.31
- 1.32
- 1.33
- 1.34
- 1.35
- 1.36
- 1.37
- 1.38
- 1.39
- 1.40
- 1.41
- 1.42
- 1.43
- 1.44
- 1.45
- 1.46
- 1.47
- 1.48
- 1.49
- 1.50
- 1.51
- 1.52
- 1.53
- 1.54
- 1.55
License
CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Signature verificationCWE: CWE-347 / CWE-345
ATT&CK: Unknown
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Remote: Yes
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Nessus ID: 110948
Nessus Name: Debian DLA-1418-1 : bouncycastle security update
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Patch: github.com
Timeline
06/01/2018 🔍06/01/2018 🔍
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06/02/2018 🔍
07/07/2018 🔍
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07/09/2018 🔍
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Sources
Advisory: RHSA-2018:2669Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-1000338 (🔍)
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Entry
Created: 06/02/2018 14:22Updated: 03/19/2023 08:30
Changes: 06/02/2018 14:22 (69), 02/10/2020 19:19 (5), 03/19/2023 08:30 (5)
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