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Advisory details: github_osv / GHSA-8xfc-gm6g-vgpv
Advisory ID github_osv/GHSA-8xfc-gm6g-vgpv
Aliases CVE-2024-29857
Summary Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation. An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters.
Status Published
Exploitability 0.5
Weighted Severity 4.8
Risk 2.4
Affected and Fixed Packages Package Details
Introduced and Fixed Package Commit Patches Package Commit Patches Details
Weaknesses (2)
No exploits are available.

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Patch URL
There are no known patches.
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L Found at https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2024/05/GHSA-8xfc-gm6g-vgpv/GHSA-8xfc-gm6g-vgpv.json
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