SB2018082232 - Fedora 28 update for bouncycastle

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SB2018082232 - Fedora 28 update for bouncycastle

Published: August 22, 2018 Updated: April 24, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2018082232
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

Medium 100%
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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Deserialization of Untrusted Data (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000613)

CWE-ID: CWE-502 - Deserialization of Untrusted Data

CVSSv4: 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


The 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.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References