Memory leak in Bouncy Castle for Java - CVE-2019-17359
Published: October 24, 2019 / Updated: February 7, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU22272
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4 BT: 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
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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.
Affected software
Bouncy Castle for Java
Oracle Communications Convergence
Oracle Hospitality Guest Access
Oracle Communications Session Route Manager
Oracle Business Process Management Suite
Oracle Managed File Transfer
Oracle SOA Suite
Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub (IDIH)
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking
Oracle Data Integrator
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
Oracle WebCenter Portal
Oracle WebLogic Server
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Observability with Instana
Oracle Communications Convergence
Oracle Hospitality Guest Access
Oracle Communications Session Route Manager
Oracle Business Process Management Suite
Oracle Managed File Transfer
Oracle SOA Suite
Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub (IDIH)
Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking
Oracle Data Integrator
Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
Oracle WebCenter Portal
Oracle WebLogic Server
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM)
IBM Observability with Instana
How to mitigate CVE-2019-17359
Install updates from vendor's website.
Bouncy Castle for Java - update to 1.64
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.14
IBM Observability with Instana - update to 269
IBM Cloud Application Performance Management (APM) - update to 8.1.4.0.14
IBM Observability with Instana - update to 269
External References
Related Security Bulletins
- Denial of service in Bouncy Castle
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle WebLogic Server
- Multiple vulnerabilities in PeopleSoft Enterprise PeopleTools
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Retail Xstore Point of Service
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Financial Services Analytical Applications Infrastructure
- Memory leak in Oracle SOA Suite
- Memory leak in Oracle Managed File Transfer
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle WebCenter Portal
- Memory leak in Oracle Hospitality Guest Access
- Memory leak in Oracle Communications Convergence
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle FLEXCUBE Private Banking
- Memory leak in Oracle Business Process Management Suite
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Integrated Diameter Intelligence Hub (IDIH)
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Communications Session Route Manager
- Multiple vulnerabilities in Oracle Data Integrator
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Application Performance Management products
- Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Observability with Instana