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Debian DLA-893-1 : bouncycastle security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 99271

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

An information disclosure vulnerability was discovered in Bouncy Castle, a Java library which consists of various cryptographic algorithms. The Galois/Counter mode (GCM) implementation was missing a boundary check that could enable a local application to gain access to user's private information.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.44+dfsg-3.1+deb7u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your bouncycastle packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/04/msg00012.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/bouncycastle

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 99271

File Name: debian_DLA-893.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/11/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcmail-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcmail-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcmail-java-gcj, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcpg-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcpg-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcpg-java-gcj, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcprov-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcprov-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbcprov-java-gcj, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbctsp-java, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbctsp-java-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libbctsp-java-gcj, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/10/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6644