Information disclosure in Bouncy Castle
| Risk | Low |
| Patch available | YES |
| Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
| CVE-ID | CVE-2017-13098 |
| CWE-ID | CWE-200 |
| Exploitation vector | Network |
| Public exploit | Public exploit code for vulnerability #1 is available. |
| Vulnerable software Subscribe |
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
| Vendor | Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one low risk vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure
EUVDB-ID: #VU9750
Risk: Low
CVSSv3.1:
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13098
CWE-ID:
Exploit availability:
DescriptionThe 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.
MitigationUpdate to version 1.0.3.
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java: 1.58
Fixed software versionsCPE2.3 External links
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171222-0001/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
