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."
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DLA-361-1 | bouncycastle security update |
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DSA-3417-1 | bouncycastle security update |
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EUVD-2018-0502 | Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 |
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GHSA-4mv7-cq75-3qjm | Moderate severity vulnerability that affects org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 and org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 |
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USN-3727-1 | Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities |
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Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published:
Updated: 2024-08-06T08:06:30.850Z
Reserved: 2015-10-22T00:00:00
Link: CVE-2015-7940

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Status : Deferred
Published: 2015-11-09T16:59:09.277
Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837
Link: CVE-2015-7940


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