CVE-2024-29857

org.bouncycastle: Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters may lead to Denial of Service

Published May 9, 2024 CVSS 3.1 · 7.5 High EPSS 1.1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2024-1533 An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-8xfc-gm6g-vgpv Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.
Ubuntu USN Ubuntu USN USN-8108-1 Bouncy Castle vulnerabilities
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00155}

epss

{'score': 0.00159}

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_spring_boot:4.4.1 cpe:/a:redhat:apache_camel_spring_boot:4.4::el6
Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle bc-fja
Bouncycastle bc-java
Bouncycastle bc C .net
CPEs cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-fja:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc_c_.net:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Vendors & Products Bouncycastle
Bouncycastle bc-fja
Bouncycastle bc-java
Bouncycastle bc C .net
Metrics ssvc

{'options': {'Automatable': 'no', 'Exploitation': 'none', 'Technical Impact': 'partial'}, 'version': '2.0.3'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.0
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.0::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:8.0::el9
Type Values Removed Values Added
Weaknesses CWE-125
Metrics cvssV3_1

{'score': 6.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

cvssV3_1

{'score': 7.5, 'vector': 'CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H'}

Type Values Removed Values Added
First Time appeared Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform
CPEs cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el7
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el8
cpe:/a:redhat:jboss_enterprise_application_platform:7.4::el9
Vendors & Products Redhat jboss Enterprise Application Platform