Security Advisory

CVE-2015-7940

CVE vulnerability detail - eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2015-11-09 16:00:00

Last updated 2024-08-06 08:06:30

Assigner mitre

CVSS score not scored

State PUBLISHED

Description

The Bouncy Castle Java library before 1.51 does not validate a point is withing the elliptic curve, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain private keys via a series of crafted elliptic curve Diffie Hellman (ECDH) key exchanges, aka an "invalid curve attack."

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