Cryptographic issues in Bouncy Castle for Java - CVE-2016-1000343
Published: July 5, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU13591
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 6.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1000343
CWE-ID: CWE-310
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to disclose sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists in Bouncy Castle JCE Provider implementation of DSA key pair generator that generates a weak private key (1024 bit key size) if used with default values. The attacker can use this vulnerability to decrypt data.
Affected software
Bouncy Castle for Java
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Sterling File Gateway
Fuse
Dell Secure Connect Gateway
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Sterling File Gateway
Fuse
How to mitigate CVE-2016-1000343
Install updates from vendor's website.
Dell Secure Connect Gateway - update to 5.26.00.18
IBM Sterling File Gateway - addressed in versions 6.0.3.7, 6.1.0.5, 6.1.1.2, 6.1.2.0
Fuse - update to 7.1.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.14
IBM Sterling File Gateway - addressed in versions 6.0.3.7, 6.1.0.5, 6.1.1.2, 6.1.2.0
Fuse - update to 7.1.0
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.14