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Security Bulletin: Open-source Bouncy Castle vulnerability affects IBM® WebSphere Cast Iron (CVE-2015-7940)

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Summary

There is a vulnerability in Bouncy Castle version 1.49 that is used by WebSphere Cast Iron.

Vulnerability Details


CVEID: CVE-2015-7940
DESCRIPTION:
Bouncy Castle could allow a remote attacker to obtain sensitive information. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability using an invalid curve attack to extract private keys used in elliptic curve cryptography and obtain sensitive information.
CVSS Base Score: 5.3
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/107739 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.5.0.x
WebSphere Cast Iron v 7.0.0.x

Remediation/Fixes

Product

VRMFAPARRemediation/First Fix
Cast Iron Appliance7.5.0.1LI78861iFix 7.5.0.1-CUMUIFIX-002
Cast Iron Appliance7.0.0.2LI78861iFix 7.0.0.2-CUMUIFIX-022

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Change History

26 Jan 2016 : Original version Published
04 Feb 2016:
Added CVSS v3 link
Included Bouncy Castle affected version in Summary

*The CVSS Environment Score is customer environment specific and will ultimately impact the Overall CVSS Score. Customers can evaluate the impact of this vulnerability in their environments by accessing the links in the Reference section of this Security Bulletin.

Disclaimer

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Document Information

Modified date:
15 June 2018

UID

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