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CVE-2024-29857: Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.

CVE-2024-29857 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2024-05-14

Technologies: org.bouncycastle:bc-fips (Maven), org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 (Maven), BouncyCastle (NuGet), org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (Maven), org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on (Maven), BouncyCastle.Cryptography (NuGet), org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 (Maven), org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 (Maven), org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 (Maven), org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on (Maven). Vendors: Maven, NuGet.

Executive brief

Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.

Affected products

  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bc-fips
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14
  • NuGet BouncyCastle
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on
  • NuGet BouncyCastle.Cryptography
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14
  • Maven org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on

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