UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13098

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-13098

    Published: 13 Dec 2017Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-13098

    Summary:

    Details: BouncyCastle TLS prior to version 1.0.3, when configured to use the JCE (Java Cryptography Extension) for cryptographic functions, provides a weak Bleichenbacher oracle when any TLS cipher suite using RSA key exchange is negotiated. An attacker can recover the private key from a vulnerable application. This vulnerability is referred to as "ROBOT."

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-13098, https://robotattack.org/, http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/144389, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-13098

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bouncycastle

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=bionic

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.59-1

    Affected versions

    1.57-1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High