CVE-2016-1000344

bouncycastle: DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode

Severity Score

7.4

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.

En la versión 1.55 y anteriores de Bouncy Castle JCE Provider, la implementación DHIES permitía el uso del modo ECB. Este modo se considera inseguro y el fabricante le ha retirado el soporte.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

High

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Unchanged

Confidentiality

Low

Integrity

Low

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2018-06-04 CVE Reserved
2018-06-04 CVE Published
2023-07-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-310: Cryptographic Issues
CWE-325: Missing Cryptographic Step

CAPEC

References (7)

URL	Tag	Source
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20181127-0004	X_refsource_confirm
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html	X_refsource_misc

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9385b0ebd277724b167fe1d1456e3c112112be1f	2020-10-20

URL	Date	SRC
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669	2020-10-20
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927	2020-10-20
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000344	2018-10-16
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1588314	2018-10-16

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Bouncycastle Search vendor "Bouncycastle"		Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api Search vendor "Bouncycastle" for product "Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api"				<= 1.55 Search vendor "Bouncycastle" for product "Legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api" and version " <= 1.55"		-		Affected