CVE-2015-7940
N/A
Published: November 9, 2015 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:33 AM UTC
7 products affected across 3 vendorsLeapopenSUSEPeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 5%
Description
The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack."
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
v ≤ 1.50
Leap· openSUSEdrupal
95%Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (21)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/174915.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2015-11/msg00012.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2035.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2036.htmlx_refsource_MISCTechnical Description
Source: [email protected]
http://web-in-security.blogspot.ca/2015/09/practical-invalid-curve-attacks.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3417Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/7Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/22/9Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200CWE-310
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