CVE-2015-7940

Bouncy Castle Java <1.51 - Code Injection

Title source: llm

Description

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."

References (21)

Core 21

Core References

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2018-3236628.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/79091

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_suse

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00012.html

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174915.html

Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2016-2881722.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_redhat

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2017-3236626.html

Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_ubuntu

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/9

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2018-3678067.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037036

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list x_refsource_mlist

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/7

Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian

http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3417

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2017-3236622.html

Technical Description x_refsource_misc

http://web-in-security.blogspot.ca/2015/09/practical-invalid-curve-attacks.html

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037046

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_sectrack

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037053

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc

https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html

Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm

http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2018-4258247.html

Scores

EPSS 0.0097

EPSS Percentile 76.9%

Details

CWE

CWE-200 CWE-310

Status published

Products (15)

bouncycastle/bouncy_castle_crypto_package < 1.50

opensuse/leap 42.1

opensuse/opensuse 13.1

opensuse/opensuse 13.2

oracle/application_testing_suite 12.5.0.1

oracle/application_testing_suite 12.5.0.2

oracle/application_testing_suite 12.5.0.3

oracle/enterprise_manager_ops_center 12.1.4

oracle/enterprise_manager_ops_center 12.2.2

oracle/peoplesoft_enterprise_peopletools 8.54

... and 5 more

Published Nov 09, 2015

Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026