In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.
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Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-1418-1 bouncycastle security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2018-0660 In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-qcj7-g2j5-g7r3 In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider ECDSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-3727-1 Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
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Mon, 12 May 2025 18:00:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bouncycastle bc-java
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bouncycastle legion-of-the-bouncy-castle-java-crytography-api
Bouncycastle bc-java

cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T03:55:27.546Z

Reserved: 2018-06-04T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-1000342

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2018-06-04T13:29:00.387

Modified: 2025-05-12T17:37:16.527

Link: CVE-2016-1000342

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2018-06-07T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-1000342 - Bugzilla

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