CVE-2016-1000338 | BDVDB-2026-101467 Detail
Description#
In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00009.html
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2669
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3727-1/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2927
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/708d94141126eac03011144a971a6411fcac16d9c248d1d535a39451%40%3Csolr-user.lucene.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/b0c3ce99d43d73a096268831d0d120ffc89eac7f#diff-3679f5a9d2b939d0d3ee1601a7774fb0
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20231006-0011/
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.