CVE-2023-33202 – org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18

Package

Manager: maven
Name: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18
Vulnerable Version: >=0 <1.73

Severity

Level: Medium

CVSS v3.1: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

EPSS: 0.00059 pctl0.18543

Details

Bouncy Castle Denial of Service (DoS) Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.73 contains a potential Denial of Service (DoS) issue within the Bouncy Castle org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser class. This class parses OpenSSL PEM encoded streams containing X.509 certificates, PKCS8 encoded keys, and PKCS7 objects. Parsing a file that has crafted ASN.1 data through the PEMParser causes an OutOfMemoryError, which can enable a denial of service attack.

Metadata

Created: 2023-11-23T18:30:33Z
Modified: 2024-09-09T17:38:48Z
Source: https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2023/11/GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q/GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q.json
CWE IDs: ["CWE-400"]
Alternative ID: GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q
Finding: F002
Auto approve: 1