This update for bouncycastle to version 1.59 fixes the following issues:
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2017-13098: BouncyCastle, when configured to use the JCE (Java
Cryptography Extension) for cryptographic functions, provided a weak
Bleichenbacher oracle when any TLS cipher suite using RSA key exchange
was negotiated. An attacker can recover the private key from a
vulnerable application. This vulnerability is referred to as "ROBOT"
(bsc#1072697).
- CVE-2016-1000338: Ensure full validation of ASN.1 encoding of signature
on verification. It was possible to inject extra elements in the
sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in
some cases may have allowed the introduction of 'invisible' data into a
signed structure (bsc#1095722).
- CVE-2016-1000339: Prevent AESEngine key information leak via lookup
table accesses (boo#1095853).
- CVE-2016-1000340: Preventcarry propagation bugs in...
Read the Full AdvisoryPatch Instructions:
To install this openSUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- openSUSE Leap 42.3:
zypper in -t patch openSUSE-2018-628=1
- openSUSE Leap 42.3 (noarch):
bouncycastle-1.59-23.3.1
bouncycastle-javadoc-1.59-23.3.1
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000338.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000339.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000340.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000341.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000342.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000343.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000344.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000345.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000346.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-1000352.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-13098.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1072697
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095722
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095849
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095850
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095852
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095853
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1095854
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096022
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096024
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096025
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1096026
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