Executive Summary

Summary
Title Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
Informations
Name USN-3727-1 First vendor Publication 2018-08-01
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2018-08-01
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

Summary:

Several security issues were fixed in Bouncy Castle.

Software Description: - bouncycastle: Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms

Details:

It was discovered that Bouncy Castle incorrectly handled certain crypto algorithms. A remote attacker could possibly use these issues to obtain sensitive information, including private keys.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 14.04 LTS:
libbcmail-java 1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
libbcpg-java 1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
libbcpkix-java 1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1
libbcprov-java 1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-3727-1
CVE-2015-6644, CVE-2015-7940, CVE-2016-1000338, CVE-2016-1000339,
CVE-2016-1000341, CVE-2016-1000342, CVE-2016-1000343, CVE-2016-1000345,
CVE-2016-1000346

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/bouncycastle/1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3727-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
30 % CWE-310 Cryptographic Issues
20 % CWE-361 Time and State
20 % CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature
20 % CWE-200 Information Exposure
10 % CWE-320 Key Management Errors

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 49
Application 3
Application 2
Application 2
Application 1
Os 1
Os 8
Os 1
Os 2

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2018-07-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-1418.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2808.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-28 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2809.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-09-27 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2017-2811.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-07-20 Name : An enterprise management application installed on the remote host is affected...
File : oracle_enterprise_manager_jul_2017_cpu.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-05-02 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2017-4c3ac44551.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-13 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3829.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-04-11 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-893.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2017-01-25 Name : An enterprise management application installed on the remote host is affected...
File : oracle_enterprise_manager_jan_2017_cpu.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2016-03-04 Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.
File : fedora_2015-7d95466eda.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-15 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-3417.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-12-09 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update.
File : debian_DLA-361.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2015-11-05 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2015-705.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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Date Informations
2019-01-08 00:18:59
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