CVE-2018-1000180 High Severity Vulnerability detected by WhiteSource

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CVE-2018-1000180 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar

The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms. This jar contains JCE provider and lightweight API for the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8.

Library home page: http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html

Path to dependency file: /okbuck/buildSrc/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /root/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.56/a153c6f9744a3e9dd6feab5e210e1c9861362ec7/bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• gradle-3.2.0.jar (Root Library)
  • builder-3.2.0.jar
    • sdk-common-26.2.0.jar
      • bcpkix-jdk15on-1.56.jar
        • ❌ bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Vulnerability Details

Bouncy Castle BC 1.54 - 1.59, BC-FJA 1.0.0, BC-FJA 1.0.1 and earlier have a flaw in the Low-level interface to RSA key pair generator, specifically RSA Key Pairs generated in low-level API with added certainty may have less M-R tests than expected. This appears to be fixed in versions BC 1.60 beta 4 and later, BC-FJA 1.0.2 and later.

Publish Date: 2018-06-05

URL: CVE-2018-1000180

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: Low
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Change files

Origin: bcgit/bc-java@22467b6

Release Date: 2018-04-22

Fix Resolution: Replace or update the following file: RSAKeyPairGenerator.java

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