CVE-2020-26939
Published: 2 November 2020
In Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC before 1.61 and BC-FJA before 1.0.1.2, attackers can obtain sensitive information about a private exponent because of Observable Differences in Behavior to Error Inputs. This occurs in org.bouncycastle.crypto.encodings.OAEPEncoding. Sending invalid ciphertext that decrypts to a short payload in the OAEP Decoder could result in the throwing of an early exception, potentially leaking some information about the private exponent of the RSA private key performing the encryption.
Priority
Status
| Package | Release | Status |
|---|---|---|
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bouncycastle Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
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| focal |
Not vulnerable
(1.61-1)
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| groovy |
Not vulnerable
|
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| hirsute |
Not vulnerable
|
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| impish |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| jammy |
Not vulnerable
|
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| kinetic |
Not vulnerable
|
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| lunar |
Not vulnerable
|
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| mantic |
Not vulnerable
|
|
| trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
| upstream |
Released
(1.61-1)
|
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| xenial |
Needs triage
|
Severity score breakdown
| Parameter | Value |
|---|---|
| Base score | 5.3 |
| Attack vector | Network |
| Attack complexity | Low |
| Privileges required | None |
| User interaction | None |
| Scope | Unchanged |
| Confidentiality | Low |
| Integrity impact | None |
| Availability impact | None |
| Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N |