MGASA-2015-0487

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Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0487.html

Import Source

https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2015-0487.json

JSON Data

https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/MGASA-2015-0487

Related

CVE-2015-7940

Published

2015-12-28T19:23:26Z

Modified

2015-12-28T19:13:26Z

Summary

Updated bouncycastle packages fix security vulnerability

Details

The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack" (CVE-2015-7940).

References

Credits

- Mageia - COORDINATOR
- - https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team

Affected packages

Mageia:5 / bouncycastle

Package

Name: bouncycastle
Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/bouncycastle?distro=mageia-5

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.50-3.1.mga5

Ecosystem specific

{
    "section": "core"
}