suse · CVE-2015-7940

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Priority: high Published: 2021-05-30 13:34:33 UTC Updated: 2026-04-18 18:10:03 UTC

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Tracker summary

CVE-2015-7940 severity important: SUSE including 26 source package names (bouncycastle-1.54-1.2, bouncycastle-1.64-1.63, …), 28 product×package rows across 8 product lines (SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2, SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3, … (8 product lines)): Fixed 28.

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."

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