Security Bulletin
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 | VRMF | APAR | Remediation/First Fix |
Cast Iron Appliance | 7.5.0.1 | LI78861 | iFix 7.5.0.1-CUMUIFIX-002 |
Cast Iron Appliance | 7.0.0.2 | LI78861 | iFix 7.0.0.2-CUMUIFIX-022 |
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References
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.
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Document Information
Modified date:
15 June 2018
UID
swg21975234