Oracle Enterprise Repository 12.1.3.0.0 Bouncy Castle information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Enterprise Repository 12.1.3.0.0. It has been rated as critical. Affected is an unknown function of the component Bouncy Castle. The manipulation leads to information disclosure. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2015-7940. The attack is possible to be carried out remotely. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Oracle Enterprise Repository 12.1.3.0.0. This issue affects an unknown function of the component Bouncy Castle. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. Impacted is confidentiality.

The bug was discovered 10/22/2015. The weakness was disclosed 07/19/2017 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2017 as confirmed advisory (Website). The advisory is shared at oracle.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2015-7940 since 10/22/2015. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 18 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 89298 (Fedora 22 : bouncycastle-1.50-8.fc22 (2015-7d95466eda)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 370164 (Oracle VM VirtualBox Multiple Vulnerabilities).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (89298), EUVD (EUVD-2018-0502) and SecurityFocus (BID 79091†). The entries VDB-79101, VDB-92314, VDB-92816 and VDB-92812 are pretty similar. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 89298
Nessus Name: Fedora 22 : bouncycastle-1.50-8.fc22 (2015-7d95466eda)
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OpenVAS ID: 850584
OpenVAS Name: SuSE Update for bouncycastle openSUSE-SU-2015:1911-1 (bouncycastle)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - July 2017
Researcher: Horst G, amp, ouml, rtz
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-103817
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SecurityFocus: 79091 - Bouncy Castle CVE-2015-7940 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037036

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Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2017 00:10
Updated: 09/13/2025 06:40
Changes: 07/20/2017 00:10 (66), 10/29/2019 08:58 (15), 01/02/2021 09:47 (3), 01/02/2021 09:52 (1), 09/13/2025 06:40 (16)
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