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CVE-2016-1000338

In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up

UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre

CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector

02 Description

In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up

03 Exploitation and scoring

Exploitation: Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
SSVC decision: Not assessed by CISA
EPSS probability: 1.86% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
EPSS percentile: Ranks above 77.4% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
NVD base score: 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
NVD CVSS vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
NVD analysis status: Analyzed. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
Red Hat severity: Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.

Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.

04 Metadata

Published

2018-06-01 00:00Z8 YR AGO

Last updated

2024-08-06 03:55Z2 YR AGO

Reserved

2018-06-01

Assigning CNA

mitre

Record state

PUBLISHED

Severity

Not rated by the issuing CNA

CNA CVSS vector

Not published by the issuing CNA

Weaknesses

CWE-347Improper Verification of Cryptographic SignatureBase
CWE-325Missing Cryptographic StepBase

Data version

5.1

Document digest

0c1ae0d55293315ac3c0af1859cbdce593453b30dd7f0ea12dabbdc54b3daaef

05 Affected products

VendorProductVersionsPlatforms

bouncycastlelegion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-apiNot specified—

canonicalubuntu_linuxNot specified—

netapp7-mode_transition_toolNot specified—

redhatfuse_integration_servicesNot specified—

redhatjboss_data_gridNot specified—

redhatjboss_data_virtualizationNot specified—

redhatjboss_dev_studioNot specified—

redhatjboss_enterprise_application_platformNot specified—

redhatjboss_fuseNot specified—

redhatopenshift_application_runtimesNot specified—

redhatred_hat_single_sign_onNot specified—

redhatrhel_software_collectionsNot specified—

redhatrhev_hypervisorNot specified—

redhatsatelliteNot specified—

redhatsatellite_capsuleNot specified—

rhel_sam1Not specified—

06 References

lists.debian.org[debian-lts-announce] 20180707 [SECURITY] [DLA 1418-1] bouncycastle security updatehttps://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.htmlmailing-list
access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2669https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669vendor-advisory
usn.ubuntu.comUSN-3727-1https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/vendor-advisory
access.redhat.comRHSA-2018:2927https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927vendor-advisory
lists.apache.org[lucene-solr-user] 20190104 Re: SOLR v7 Security Issues Caused Denial of Use - Sonatype Application Composition Reporthttps://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3Emailing-list
www.oracle.comhttps://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
github.comhttps://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/b0c3ce99d43d73a096268831d0d120ffc89eac7f#diff-3679f5a9d2b939d0d3ee1601a7774fb0
security.netapp.comhttps://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0011/