CVE-2019-17359: Out-of-Memory Error in Bouncy Castle Crypto

CVE-2019-17359 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2019-10-17

Out-of-Memory Error in Bouncy Castle Crypto

Technologies: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven). Vendors: Maven.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2019-17359 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2019-17359 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2019-17359?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 17 October 2019.
Which products and versions are affected?
org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.63,fixed=1.64.
Is there a fix for CVE-2019-17359?
Yes. org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven): upgrade to 1.64 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2019-17359?
Check whether you run org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven): upgrade to 1.64 or later
    # set org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 to 1.64 in your pom.xml or build.gradle

Affected products

  • org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=1.63,fixed=1.64

Identifiers

  • CVE-2019-17359
  • GHSA-2mh8-gx2m-mr75

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