CVE-2020-28052 (High) detected in bcprov-jdk15on-1.66.jar

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CVE-2020-28052 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - bcprov-jdk15on-1.66.jar

The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms. This jar contains JCE provider and lightweight API for the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for JDK 1.5 and up.

Library home page: http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html

Path to dependency file: www.renfei.net/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.66/bcprov-jdk15on-1.66.jar

Dependency Hierarchy: - acme4j-utils-2.11.jar (Root Library) - :x: **bcprov-jdk15on-1.66.jar** (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 7f39d6c4b5b64154db8fffab99d10ce3a00ec2dc

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

An issue was discovered in Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java 1.65 and 1.66. The OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the password, allowing incorrect passwords to indicate they were matching with previously hashed ones that were different.

Publish Date: 2020-12-18

URL: CVE-2020-28052

CVSS 3 Score Details (8.1)

Base Score Metrics: - Exploitability Metrics: - Attack Vector: Network - Attack Complexity: High - Privileges Required: None - User Interaction: None - Scope: Unchanged - Impact Metrics: - Confidentiality Impact: High - Integrity Impact: High - Availability Impact: High

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/releases/tag/r1rv67

Release Date: 2020-12-18

Fix Resolution: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18:1.67,org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.67,org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15on:1.67,org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk14:1.67, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-debug-jdk15on:1.67

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