#VU89218 Resource exhaustion in The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java - CVE-2024-29857
Published: May 7, 2024
Vulnerability identifier: #VU89218
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: 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-2024-29857
CWE-ID: CWE-400
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java
The Bouncy Castle Crypto Package For Java
Software vendor:
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
The vulnerability exists due to library does not properly control consumption of internal resources when importing an EC certificate with specially crafted F2m parameters. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted certificate to the application to trigger resource exhaustion and perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
Remediation
Install updates from vendor's website.