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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704072
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4072-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'bouncycastle' package(s) announced via the DSA-4072-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'bouncycastle' package(s) announced via the DSA-4072-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Hanno Boeck, Juraj Somorovsky and Craig Young discovered that the TLS implementation in Bouncy Castle is vulnerable to an adaptive chosen ciphertext attack against RSA keys.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.56-1+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your bouncycastle packages.

For the detailed security status of bouncycastle please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'bouncycastle' package(s) on Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
4.3

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-13098
BugTraq ID: 102195
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/102195
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#144389
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/a00b684465b38d722ca9a3543b8af8568e6bad5c
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20171222-0001/
Debian Security Information: DSA-4072 (Google Search)
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4072
https://robotattack.org/
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
SuSE Security Announcement: openSUSE-SU-2020:0607 (Google Search)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00011.html
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