Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bc-fips package, versions [,2.1.0)
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- published13 Aug 2025
- disclosed12 Aug 2025
- creditBing Shi
Introduced: 12 Aug 2025
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How to fix?
Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bc-fips to version 2.1.0 or higher.
Overview
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling via the ASN1ObjectIdentifier. An attacker can cause excessive resource consumption by submitting specially crafted ASN.1 Object Identifiers, potentially leading to service disruption.
Note: This issue only applies to applications which do consume unvetted, or otherwise unvalidated, ASN.1 encodings.