Risk | Medium |
Patch available | YES |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2018-1000613 |
CWE-ID | CWE-502 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software |
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java Universal components / Libraries / Libraries used by multiple products |
Vendor | Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU27499
Risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000613
CWE-ID:
CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to insecure input validation when processing serialized data passed via the XMSS/XMSS^MT private key. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted data to the the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography API and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
MitigationInstall updates from vendor's website.
Vulnerable software versionsThe Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java: 1.58 - 1.59
CPE2.3http://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223#diff-2c06e2edef41db889ee14899e12bd574
http://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6#diff-148a6c098af0199192d6aede960f45dc
http://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/
http://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.