Memory leak in Bouncy Castle for Java - CVE-2019-17359

 

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

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

External References

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