CVE-2016-1000338
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider it is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.56-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.56-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.56-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.56-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.56-1 |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 | >=1.38,<1.56 | 1.56 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 | >=1.38,<1.56 | 1.56 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on | >=1.38,<1.56 | 1.56 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000338
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1000338
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/b0c3ce99d43d73a096268831d0d120ffc89eac7f#diff-3679f5a9d2b939d0d3ee1601a7774fb0
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0011
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.