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Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling Affecting org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 package, versions [,1.78)

0.0
medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-JAVA-ORGBOUNCYCASTLE-6613078
  • published 14 Apr 2024
  • disclosed 11 Apr 2024
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 11 Apr 2024

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How to fix?

Upgrade org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 to version 1.78 or higher.

Overview

org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling in the solveQuadraticEquation() function used for certificate verification in ECCurve.java. Passing a large f2m parameter can cause excessive CPU consumption.

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