CVE-2017-13098

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Published 2017-12-13 · Modified 2023-11-08

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CVSS v3

5.9

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

6.9

Description

Observable Discrepancy in BouncyCastle

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

69%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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Exploits

Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.

Metasploit modules

auxiliary_scanner/ssl/bleichenbacher_oracle rank 300

Scanner for Bleichenbacher Oracle in RSA PKCS #1 v1.5

Source code queued for fetch — refresh in a moment.

OS impact

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`1.58-1`
sid	Fixed	`1.58-1`
forky	Fixed	`1.58-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`1.58-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`1.58-1`

Package impact

Ecosystem	Package	Vulnerable	Fixed
Maven	org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on	`<1.0.3`	`1.0.3`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
bouncycastle	bc-java	`{"endExcluding":"1.59"}`	`1.59`

References

CWEs

CWE-203

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.