Bouncy Castle up to 1.77 Signature infinite loop

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A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Bouncy Castle up to 1.77. This affects an unknown part of the component Signature Handler. This manipulation causes infinite loop. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2024-30172. No exploit exists. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Bouncy Castle up to 1.77. It has been declared as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code of the component Signature Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a infinite loop vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-835. The product contains an iteration or loop with an exit condition that cannot be reached, i.e., an infinite loop. As an impact it is known to affect availability. The summary by CVE is:

An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs before 1.78. An Ed25519 verification code infinite loop can occur via a crafted signature and public key.

The advisory is shared at bouncycastle.org. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2024-30172 since 03/24/2024. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 211904 (Atlassian Confluence 7.19.x < 7.19.26 / 7.20.x < 8.5.12 / 8.6.x < 8.9.4 / 9.0.x < 9.0.1 (CONFSERVER-98481)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment.

Upgrading to version 1.78 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at bouncycastle.org.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (211904). Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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• Bouncy Castle

Version

• 1.0
• 1.1
• 1.2
• 1.3
• 1.4
• 1.5
• 1.6
• 1.7
• 1.8
• 1.9
• 1.10
• 1.11
• 1.12
• 1.13
• 1.14
• 1.15
• 1.16
• 1.17
• 1.18
• 1.19
• 1.20
• 1.21
• 1.22
• 1.23
• 1.24
• 1.25
• 1.26
• 1.27
• 1.28
• 1.29
• 1.30
• 1.31
• 1.32
• 1.33
• 1.34
• 1.35
• 1.36
• 1.37
• 1.38
• 1.39
• 1.40
• 1.41
• 1.42
• 1.43
• 1.44
• 1.45
• 1.46
• 1.47
• 1.48
• 1.49
• 1.50
• 1.51
• 1.52
• 1.53
• 1.54
• 1.55
• 1.56
• 1.57
• 1.58
• 1.59
• 1.60
• 1.61
• 1.62
• 1.63
• 1.64
• 1.65
• 1.66
• 1.67
• 1.68
• 1.69
• 1.70
• 1.71
• 1.72
• 1.73
• 1.74
• 1.75
• 1.76
• 1.77

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Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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