Description

In Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.85, BCFKS keystore load honours unbounded KDF cost from untrusted file. This issue also affects Bouncy Castle for Java LTS before 2.73.12, and Bouncy Castle for Java FIPS (BC-FJA) before bc-fips 1.0.2.7 (1.0.X series), 2.0.2 (2.0.X series) and 2.1.3 (2.1.X series).

Severity (CVSS)

Base score5.3
SeverityMedium
VersionCVSS 4.0
VectorCVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:P/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/U:Amber
Provided byCNA

Weaknesses

  • CWE-770 — CWE-770 Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling

Affected products

VendorProductVersions
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-JAVA0 to <1.85
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-LTS-JAVA2.73.0 to <2.73.12
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc.BC-FJA1.0.0 to <1.0.2.7; 2.0.0 to <2.0.2; 2.1.0 to <2.1.3

References

Authoritative sources

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