Memory leak in The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java - CVE-2019-17359

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Memory leak in The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java - CVE-2019-17359

Published: October 24, 2019 / Updated: February 7, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU22272
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Affected software:
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java

Detailed vulnerability 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.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-17359

Install updates from vendor's website.

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