OESA-2021-1301

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OESA-2021-1301

Summary: bouncycastle security update

Details: The package is organised so that it contains a light-weight API suitable for use in any environment (including the newly released J2ME) with the additional infrastructure to conform the algorithms to the JCE framework. Security Fix(es): Bouncy Castle BC Java before 1.66, BC C# .NET before 1.8.7, BC-FJA before 1.0.1.2, 1.0.2.1, and BC-FNA before 1.0.1.1 have a timing issue within the EC math library that can expose information about the private key when an attacker is able to observe timing information for the generation of multiple deterministic ECDSA signatures.(CVE-2020-15522)

References: https://openeuler.org/en/security/safety-bulletin/detail.html?id=openEuler-SA-2021-1301, https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-15522