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CVE-2016-1000343: In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values

CVE-2016-1000343 · Severity: low · CVSS 3 · Published 2018-10-17

Technologies: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven), org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on (Maven), org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15 (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Executive brief

In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider the DSA key pair generator generates a weak private key if used with default values

Affected products

  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15

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