Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on package, versions [1.63,]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-6613080
  • published 14 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 11 Apr 2024
  • credit Unknown

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on.

Overview

org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.

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.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.3 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    Low
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Red Hat

6.5 medium