CVE-2015-7940
It was found that bouncycastle is vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. An attacker could extract private keys used in elliptic curve cryptography with a few thousand queries.
Find out more about CVE-2015-7940 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 4.3 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
| Access Vector | Network |
| Access Complexity | Medium |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
CVSS v3 metrics
| CVSS3 Base Score | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | High |
| Privileges Required | None |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | None |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat JBoss A-MQ 6.3 | RHSA-2016:2036 | 2016-10-06 |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6.3 | RHSA-2016:2035 | 2016-10-06 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Subscription Asset Manager 1 | bouncycastle | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Satellite 6 | bouncycastle | Will not fix |