CVE-2016-1000343 (GCVE-0-2016-1000343)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-04 13:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:55
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Summary
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values. If the JCA key pair generator is not explicitly initialised with DSA parameters, 1.55 and earlier generates a private value assuming a 1024 bit key size. In earlier releases this can be dealt with by explicitly passing parameters to the key pair generator.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
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References
Date Public
2016-11-03 00:00
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