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GHSA-xqj7-j8j5-f2xr
GHSA-xqj7-j8j5-f2xr
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.5 HIGH
Bouncy Castle has a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published October 16, 2018
Bouncy Castle has a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator
Fixed versions
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| Package | Ecosystem | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 | Maven Central | 1.60 |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 | Maven Central | 1.60 |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on | Maven Central | 1.60 |
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 | 0 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on | 0 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 | 0 |
Timeline
- Oct 16, 2018 CVE Published
- Apr 9, 2026 Distribution Patch (8 in total, the first dated here)
- Apr 9, 2026 Security Advisory (9 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000180 advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html url
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html url
- https://www.bountysource.com/issues/58293083-rsa-key-generation-computation-of-iterations-for-mr-primality-test url
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451@%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E url
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html url
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003 url
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2018-1000180 url
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xqj7-j8j5-f2xr advisory
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/22467b6e8fe19717ecdf201c0cf91bacf04a55ad fix
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/106567 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669 advisory
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/73780ac522b7795fc165630aba8d5f5729acc839 fix
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0877 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2428 advisory
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2424 advisory
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html url
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html url
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html url
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4233 url
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