Key management errors in Bouncy Castle for Java - CVE-2016-1000346

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Key management errors in Bouncy Castle for Java - CVE-2016-1000346

Published: February 5, 2024


Vulnerability identifier: #VU86068
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-2016-1000346
CWE-ID: CWE-320
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to the other party DH public key is not fully validated.. A remote attacker can gain unauthorized access to sensitive information on the system and reveal details about the other party's private key where static Diffie-Hellman is in use.


Affected software

Bouncy Castle for Java
IBM Sterling File Gateway
Fuse
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)

How to mitigate CVE-2016-1000346

Install updates from vendor's website.

Bouncy Castle for Java - update to 1.56
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

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