Deserialization of Untrusted Data in The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java - CVE-2018-1000613
Published: May 4, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU27499
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1000613
CWE-ID: CWE-502
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
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-1000613
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223#diff-2c06e2edef41db889ee14899e12bd574
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6#diff-148a6c098af0199192d6aede960f45dc
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
- https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html