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CVE-2018-5382

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CVE-2018-5382

Published: Apr 16, 2018

Modified: Sep 16, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

The default BKS keystore use an HMAC that is only 16 bits long, which can allow an attacker to compromise the integrity of a BKS keystore. Bouncy Castle release 1.47 changes the BKS format to a format which uses a 160 bit HMAC instead. This applies to any BKS keystore generated prior to BC 1.47. For situations where people need to create the files for legacy reasons a specific keystore type "BKS-V1" was introduced in 1.49. It should be noted that the use of "BKS-V1" is discouraged by the library authors and should only be used where it is otherwise safe to do so, as in where the use of a 16 bit checksum for the file integrity check is not going to cause a security issue in itself.

VendorProductVersions

Legion of the Bouncy Castle

Bouncy Castle

affected
all - < 1.47

Weaknesses (CWE)

References

103453
vdb-entry
x_refsource_BID
RHSA-2018:2927
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
VU#306792
third-party-advisory
x_refsource_CERT-VN

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