CVE-2018-1000180 (High) detected in bcprov-jdk15on-1.55.jar

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CVE-2018-1000180 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - bcprov-jdk15on-1.55.jar

The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms. This jar contains JCE provider and lightweight API for the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8.

Library home page: http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html

Path to dependency file: Websocket-Smart-Card-Signer/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: 20210223130700_TYMBKW/downloadResource_MYVJAY/20210223130710/bcprov-jdk15on-1.55.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• ❌ bcprov-jdk15on-1.55.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 52e62821fe1c04f561516a02e367c9391f940eef

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

Publish Date: 2018-06-05

URL: CVE-2018-1000180

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-1000180

Release Date: 2018-06-05

Fix Resolution: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.60,org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14:1.60,org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk14:1.60,org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15on:1.60

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