CVE-2020-28052
Published: 18 December 2020
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.
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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bouncycastle
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
bionic |
Needs triage
|
focal |
Needs triage
|
|
groovy |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
hirsute |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
impish |
Ignored
(end of life)
|
|
jammy |
Needs triage
|
|
kinetic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
lunar |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
mantic |
Ignored
(end of life, was needs-triage)
|
|
noble |
Needs triage
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
|
|
upstream |
Needs triage
|
|
xenial |
Needs triage
|
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
---|---|
Base score | 8.1 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | High |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |