CVE catalog
CVE-2016-1000338
bouncycastle: CVE-2016-1000338
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 1.79% · Oct 25, 2026
In Bouncy Castle JCE Provider version 1.55 and earlier the DSA does not fully validate ASN.1 encoding of signature on verification. It is possible to inject extra elements in the sequence making up the signature and still have it validate, which in some cases may allow the introduction of 'invisible' data into a signed structure.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bouncycastle | sid | 1.86.2-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | forky | 1.86-1 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | trixie | 1.80-3 | fixed |
| Debian | bouncycastle | bookworm | 1.72-2 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | 14.04 | 1.48+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | 14.04 | 1.49+dfsg-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | 14.04 | 1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.49+dfsg-3ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.51-4ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | pro | 1.51-4ubuntu1+esm1 | vulnerable |
| Opensuse | bouncycastle | tumbleweed | 1.68-3.2 | fixed |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | sid | 1.56-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | forky | 1.56-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | trixie | 1.56-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | bouncycastle | source | bookworm | 1.56-1 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Ubuntu | bouncycastle | deb | 14.04 | 1.49+dfsg-2ubuntu0.1 | Not reported | UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1000338 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | bouncycastle | rpm | tumbleweed | 1.68-3.2 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10661-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[openSUSE Tumbleweed]
- [bouncycastle-javadoc]Unknown
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (1)
1.85-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.68-3.2Version impact unknown
dsa · bouncycastle · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [bouncycastle-jmail]Unknown
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (1)
1.85-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.68-3.2Version impact unknown
dsa · bouncycastle · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [bouncycastle-mail]Unknown
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (1)
1.85-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.68-3.2Version impact unknown
dsa · bouncycastle · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [bouncycastle-pg]Unknown
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (1)
1.85-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.68-3.2Version impact unknown
dsa · bouncycastle · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [bouncycastle-pkix]Unknown
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (1)
1.85-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.68-3.2Version impact unknown
dsa · bouncycastle · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [bouncycastle-tls]Unknown
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (1)
1.85-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.68-3.2Version impact unknown
dsa · bouncycastle · opensuse · tumbleweed
- [bouncycastle-util]Unknown
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (1)
1.85-1.1· noarch · tumbleweedUnknown · Fixed:
1.68-3.2Version impact unknown
dsa · bouncycastle · opensuse · tumbleweed
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libbcjmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcpg-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcpkix-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcprov-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbctls-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
- [libbcutil-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
1.72-2· all · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · bookworm; dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [libbcjmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcmail-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcpg-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcpkix-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbcprov-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
- [libbctls-java]Fixed
Source package: [bouncycastle]
Details (2)
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
1.80-3· all · trixieFixed · Fixed:
1.56-1dsa · bouncycastle · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2024_10661-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-1000338]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1418-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-1000338]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10661-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1000338]
- [https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/2016/cve-2016-1000338.json]
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