UBUNTU-CVE-2015-7940

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

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / bouncycastle

Package

Name: bouncycastle
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/bouncycastle@1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.48+dfsg-2

1.49+dfsg-2

Ecosystem specific

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            "binary_name": "libbcpkix-java"
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