DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28052

Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-28052
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28052.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28052
Upstream
Published
2020-12-18T01:15:12Z
Modified
2026-09-01T16:03:45Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java 1.65 and 1.66. The OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the password, allowing incorrect passwords to indicate they were matching with previously hashed ones that were different.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / bouncycastle

Package

Name
bouncycastle
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.65-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28052.json"

Debian:13 / bouncycastle

Package

Name
bouncycastle
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.65-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28052.json"

Debian:14 / bouncycastle

Package

Name
bouncycastle
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.65-2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency":  "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source
"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-28052.json"