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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on (GHSA-r9ch-m4fh-fc7q)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 422321

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 DSA signature generation is vulnerable to
 timing attack. Where timings can be closely observed for the generation of signatures, the lack of
 blinding in 1.55, or earlier, may allow an attacker to gain information about the signature's k value and
 ultimately the private value as well. (CVE-2016-1000341)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r9ch-m4fh-fc7q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 422321

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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 Score Source: CVE-2016-1000341

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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-2016-1000341