SB2018060736 - Fedora 27 update for bouncycastle

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SB2018060736 - Fedora 27 update for bouncycastle

Published: June 7, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018060736
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.


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.


2) Improper input validation (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000180)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the IDIH Visualization (Bouncy Castle Java Library) component in Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router (DSR). A remote non-authenticated attacker can exploit this vulnerability to gain access to sensitive information.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References