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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on (GHSA-c8xf-m4ff-jcxj)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422320

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the primary engine class used for AES was
 AESFastEngine. Due to the highly table driven approach used in the algorithm it turns out that if the data
 channel on the CPU can be monitored the lookup table accesses are sufficient to leak information on the
 AES key being used. There was also a leak in AESEngine although it was substantially less. AESEngine has
 been modified to remove any signs of leakage (testing carried out on Intel X86-64) and is now the primary
 AES class for the BC JCE provider from 1.56. Use of AESFastEngine is now only recommended where otherwise
 deemed appropriate. (CVE-2016-1000339)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-c8xf-m4ff-jcxj

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422320

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 3/28/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1000339

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/4/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1000339