CVE-2016-1000344

High

Description

In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.

SeverityHigh

CVSS7.4

Exploit probability—

ProductBouncycastle Bc-java

PublishedJun 4, 2018

First seenJun 4, 2018

How to fix

Update

org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk141.56 or later
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk151.56 or later
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on1.56 or later

Vendor advisories

access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927

Affected products

Product	Affected versions	Fixed in
bouncycastle bc-java	v ≤ 1.55	—
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14Maven	v < 1.56	1.56
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15Maven	v < 1.56	1.56
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15onMaven	v < 1.56	1.56

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