Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on package, versions [,1.78)


0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-6613079
  • published 14 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 11 Apr 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on to version 1.78 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the solveQuadraticEquation() function used for certificate verification in ECCurve.java. Passing a large f2m parameter can cause excessive CPU consumption.

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