Denial of service in Bouncy Castle



| Updated: 2019-10-24
Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2019-17359
CWE-ID CWE-401
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.

1) Memory leak

EUVDB-ID: #VU22272

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 6.6 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2019-17359

CWE-ID: CWE-401 - Missing release of memory after effective lifetime

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform DoS attack on the target system.

The vulnerability exists due memory leak in the ASN.1 parser. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted ASN.1 data and cause an OutOfMemoryError and perform denial of service attack.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's website.

Vulnerable software versions

The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java: 1.63

CPE2.3 External links

https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
https://www.bouncycastle.org/releasenotes.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.



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