Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure up to 3.5.2 Bouncy Castle Java cryptographic issue

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure up to 3.5.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Bouncy Castle Java. The manipulation leads to cryptographic issue. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2015-7940. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Oracle Virtual Desktop Infrastructure up to 3.5.2 and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown part of the component Bouncy Castle Java. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issue vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality.

The weakness was released 10/19/2016 as Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016 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 exploitation is known to be easy. 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 T1600 for this issue.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 86740 (openSUSE Security Update : bouncycastle (openSUSE-2015-705)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family SuSE 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 (86740), EUVD (EUVD-2018-0502) and SecurityFocus (BID 79091†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-79101, VDB-92314, VDB-92820 and VDB-92835. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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Class: Cryptographic issue
CWE: CWE-310
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Nessus ID: 86740
Nessus Name: openSUSE Security Update : bouncycastle (openSUSE-2015-705)
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OpenVAS ID: 703417
OpenVAS Name: Debian Security Advisory DSA 3417-1 (bouncycastle - security update)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: oracle.com

Advisory: Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - October 2016
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2015-7940 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2015-7940
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-92921
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SecurityFocus: 79091 - Bouncy Castle CVE-2015-7940 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
SecurityTracker: 1037036

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Entryinfo

Created: 10/19/2016 10:22
Updated: 09/13/2025 04:57
Changes: 10/19/2016 10:22 (65), 05/14/2019 12:52 (5), 09/27/2022 14:59 (4), 09/13/2025 04:57 (15)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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