Information disclosure in The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java - CVE-2017-13098
Published: December 22, 2017 / Updated: May 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU9750
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-13098
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Affected software:
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2017-13098
Update to version 1.0.3.