SB2018032205 - Information disclosure in BouncyCastle
Published: March 22, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018032205
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Brute-force attack (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-5382)
CWE-ID: CWE-264 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to cobtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.
The weakness exists due to a design error when determining the size of the to be used to protect data inside of a keystore. A local attacker can gain access to a BKSv1 keystore file, bypass security restrictions and conduct brute-force attack.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.