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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-4446-656p-f54g
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-4446-656p-f54g
Aliases CVE-2018-1000613
Summary Deserialization of Untrusted Data in Bouncy castle Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs starting in version 1.57 and prior to version 1.60 contains a CWE-470: Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection') vulnerability in XMSS/XMSS^MT private key deserialization that can result in Deserializing an XMSS/XMSS^MT private key can result in the execution of unexpected code. This attack appear to be exploitable via A handcrafted private key can include references to unexpected classes which will be picked up from the class path for the executing application. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 1.60 and later.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 8.8
Risk 4.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (2)
CWE-470 Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code ('Unsafe Reflection')
CWE-502 Deserialization of Untrusted Data
System Score Found at
cvssv3 9.8 https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-4446-656p-f54g/GHSA-4446-656p-f54g.json
generic_textual CRITICAL
Reference id Reference type URL
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-4446-656p-f54g
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cc9f91c41be67e88fca4e38f4872418448950fd9
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2@%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-1000613
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html
https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html
4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223#diff-2c06e2edef41db889ee14899e12bd574 Other https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223#diff-2c06e2edef41db889ee14899e12bd574
cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6#diff-148a6c098af0199192d6aede960f45dc Other https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6#diff-148a6c098af0199192d6aede960f45dc
cpuapr2019-5072813.html Other https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html
cpuApr2021.html Other https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuApr2021.html
cpujan2019-5072801.html Other https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html
cpujul2019-5072835.html Other https://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html
msg00011.html Advisory http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00011.html
rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E Mailing List https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2fd52ff2%40%3Cissues.geode.apache.org%3E
No exploits are available.

No EPSS data available for this advisory.

Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/10/GHSA-4446-656p-f54g/GHSA-4446-656p-f54g.json
Attack Vector (AV) Attack Complexity (AC) Privileges Required (PR) User Interaction (UI) Scope (S) Confidentiality Impact (C) Integrity Impact (I) Availability Impact (A)

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Vector: SSVCv2/E:N/A:Y/T:T/P:M/B:A/M:M/D:T/2024-01-29T19:03:21Z/

Decision: Track

Source URL: https://github.com/cisagov/vulnrichment/blob/develop/2018/1000xxx/CVE-2018-1000613.json

Source Advisory: vulnrichment/CVE-2018-1000613

View SSVC decision tree 
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 {'Automatable': 'yes'},
 {'Technical Impact': 'total'},
 {'Mission Prevalence': 'minimal'},
 {'Public Well-being Impact': 'material'},
 {'Mission & Well-being': 'medium'}]