Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api up to 1.47 cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api. The impacted element is an unknown function. Executing a manipulation can lead to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2013-1624. No exploit exists. Upgrading the affected component is advised.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as problematic was found in Bouncycastle Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api (Programming Language Software). This vulnerability affects an unknown function. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-310. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:

The TLS implementation in the Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.48 and C# library before 1.8 does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a noncompliant MAC check operation during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2013-0169.

The weakness was disclosed 02/08/2013 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at isg.rhul.ac.uk. This vulnerability was named CVE-2013-1624 since 02/05/2013. The exploitation appears to be difficult. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.

Upgrading to version 1.20 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (81910), SecurityFocus (BID 57774†), Secunia (SA57716†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-52344†). The entries VDB-7600 and VDB-66903 are pretty similar. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

Productinfo

Type

• Programming Language Software

Vendor

• Bouncycastle

Name

• Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api

Version

• 1.01
• 1.02
• 1.03
• 1.04
• 1.05
• 1.06
• 1.07
• 1.08
• 1.09
• 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

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.6

VulDB Base Score: 4.8
VulDB Temp Score: 4.6
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api 1.20

Timelineinfo

02/05/2013 🔍
02/06/2013 +1 days 🔍
02/06/2013 +0 days 🔍
02/08/2013 +2 days 🔍
02/08/2013 +0 days 🔍
03/24/2015 +774 days 🔍
08/27/2015 +156 days 🔍
05/12/2025 +3546 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: RHSA-2014:0371
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2013-1624 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-1624
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-63532
X-Force: 81910
SecurityFocus: 57774 - Bouncy Castle TLS CVE-2013-1624 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 57716
Vulnerability Center: 52344 - Bouncy Castle Java and C# Libraries Remote Plaintext Recovery Attack in TLS Implementation, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 05/12/2025 20:49
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (57), 11/13/2017 17:04 (4), 12/29/2021 08:26 (3), 05/12/2025 20:49 (17)
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Cache ID: 216:7A4:103

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