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FreeBSD: VID-6A131FBF-EC76-11E7-AA65-001B216D295B (CVE-2017-13098): The Bouncy Castle Crypto APIs: CVE-2017-13098 ("ROBOT")

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FreeBSD: VID-6A131FBF-EC76-11E7-AA65-001B216D295B (CVE-2017-13098): The Bouncy Castle Crypto APIs: CVE-2017-13098 ("ROBOT")

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
12/12/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/31/2017
Modified
11/04/2022

Description

BouncyCastle TLS prior to version 1.0.3, when configured to use the JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) for cryptographic functions, provides a weak Bleichenbacher oracle when any TLS cipher suite using RSA key exchange is negotiated. An attacker can recover the private key from a vulnerable application. This vulnerability is referred to as "ROBOT."

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bouncycastle
  • freebsd-upgrade-package-bouncycastle15

References

  • DSA-4072
  • CVE-2017-13098

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