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Debian DSA-3829-1 : bouncycastle - security update

low Nessus Plugin ID 99318

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Quan Nguyen discovered that a missing boundary check in the Galois/Counter mode implementation of Bouncy Castle (a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms) may result in information disclosure.

Solution

Upgrade the bouncycastle packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 1.49+dfsg-3+deb8u2.

For the upcoming stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.54-1.

See Also

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

https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3829

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 99318

File Name: debian_DSA-3829.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/13/2017

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:bouncycastle

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/11/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-6644

DSA: 3829