CVE-2016-1000344 (GCVE-0-2016-1000344)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-06-04 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 03:55
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Summary
In the Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DHIES implementation allowed the use of ECB mode. This mode is regarded as unsafe and support for it has been removed from the provider.
Severity
7.4 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2336 records in the last 180 days details
References
Date Public
2016-08-26 00:00
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