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High
CVE-2020-28052
An issue was discovered in Legion of the Bouncy Castle...
Vulnerability Description
An issue was discovered in Legion of the Bouncy Castle BC Java 1.65 and 1.66. The OpenBSDBCrypt.checkPassword utility method compared incorrect data when checking the password, allowing incorrect passwords to indicate they were matching with previously hashed ones that were different.
Impact Analysis
Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.
Remediation
Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.
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Credits & Attribution
No credits recorded in the NVD database.
References
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r954d80fd18e9dafef6e813963eb7e08c228151c2b6268ecd63b35d1f%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rddd2237b8636a48d573869006ee809262525efb2b6ffa6eff50d2a2d%40%3Cjira.kafka.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r25d53acd06f29244b8a103781b0339c5e7efee9099a4d52f0c230e4a%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r175f5a25d100dbe2b1bd3459b3ce882a84c3ff91b120ed4ff2d57b53%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdfd2901b8b697a3f6e2c9c6ecc688fd90d7f881937affb5144d61d6e%40%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r37d332c0bf772f4982d1fdeeb2f88dd71dab6451213e69e43734eadc%40%3Ccommits.pulsar.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8c36ba34e80e05eecb1f80071cc834d705616f315b634ec0c7d8f42e%40%3Cissues.solr.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2020-28052
- https://www.synopsys.com/blogs/software-security/cve-2020-28052-bouncy-castle/
- https://www.oracle.com//security-alerts/cpujul2021.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rdcbad6d8ce72c79827ed8c635f9a62dd919bb21c94a0b64cab2efc31%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfc0db1f3c375087e69a239f9284ded72d04fbb55849eadde58fa9dc2%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77af3ac7c3bfbd5454546e13faf7aec21d627bdcf36c9ca240436b94%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcd37d9214b08067a2e8f2b5b4fd123a1f8cb6008698d11ef44028c21%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r167dbc42ef7c59802c2ca1ac14735ef9cf687c25208229993d6206fe%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4e1619cfefcd031fac62064a3858f5c9229eef907bd5d8ef14c594fc%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2ddabd06d94b60cfb0141e4abb23201c628ab925e30742f61a04d013%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r30a139c165b3da6e0d5536434ab1550534011b1fdfcd2f5d95892c5b%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf9abfc0223747a56694825c050cc6b66627a293a32ea926b3de22402%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc9e441c1576bdc4375d32526d5cf457226928e9c87b9f54ded26271c%40%3Cissues.karaf.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujan2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpujul2022.html
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bc-java, karaf, banking corporate lending process management, banking credit facilities process management, banking extensibility workbench, banking supply chain finance, banking virtual account management, blockchain platform, commerce guided search, communications application session controller, communications cloud native core network slice selection function, communications convergence, communications pricing design center, communications session report manager, communications session route manager, jd edwards enterpriseone tools, peoplesoft enterprise peopletools, utilities framework, webcenter portal, communications messaging server
Vulnerable Versions:
1.65, 1.66, 4.3.2, 14.2.0, 14.3.0, 14.5.0, 0, 11.3.2, 3.9m0p3, 1.2.1, 3.0.2.2.0, 12.0.0.3.0, 8.0.0, 8.2.0, 8.56, 8.57, 8.58, 4.3.0.6.0, 4.4.0.0.0, 4.4.0.2.0, 4.4.0.3.0, 11.1.1.9.0, 12.2.1.3.0, 12.2.1.4.0, 8.0.2, 8.1
Timeline
Official Publish:
December 18th, 2020
Last Modified:
August 4th, 2024
Added to House:
July 21st, 2026
CVSS Vectors
V3:
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Weaknesses (CWE)
No CWE data available
MITRE ATT&CK TTPs
No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.