SB2017121312 - Information disclosure in Bouncy Castle
Published: December 13, 2017 Updated: May 4, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2017121312
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13098)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to the application is susceptible to a chosen ciphertext attack when negotiating an RSA key exchange for any TLS cipher suite. A remote attacker can conduct man-in-the-middle attack and decrypt HTTPS traffic or impersonate the HTTPS server.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.