CVE-2013-1624
Improper Input Validation in Bouncy Castle
EPSS 0.39%
Description
The TLS implementation in the Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.48 and C# library before 1.8 does not properly consider timing side-channel attacks on a noncompliant MAC check operation during the processing of malformed CBC padding, which allows remote attackers to conduct distinguishing attacks and plaintext-recovery attacks via statistical analysis of timing data for crafted packets, a related issue to CVE-2013-0169.
How to fix CVE-2013-1624
To remediate CVE-2013-1624, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- Debian/bouncycastle—upgrade to 1.48+dfsg-2 or later
- —upgrade to 1.48 or later
Is CVE-2013-1624 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.4%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (2)
- from 0, < 1.48+dfsg-2
- from 0, < 1.48