CVE-2024-29857
unknown
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
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Description
Bouncy Castle certificate parsing issues cause high CPU usage during parameter evaluation.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
SUSE Affected 1 release
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| — | Affected | — |
Debian Mixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 1.80-1 |
| sid | Fixed | 1.80-1 |
| forky | Fixed | 1.80-1 |
| bullseye | Affected | — |
| bookworm | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on | <1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on | <1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18 | <1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14 | <1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk18on | <1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk14 | <1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bctls-jdk15to18 | <1.78 | 1.78 |
| Maven | org.bouncycastle:bc-fips | <1.0.2.5 | 1.0.2.5 |
| NuGet | BouncyCastle | | |
| NuGet | BouncyCastle.Cryptography | <2.3.1 | 2.3.1 |
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2024-29857
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-29857
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/commit/56daa6eac526f165416d17f661422d60de0dfd63
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/efc498ca4caa340ac2fe11f2efee06c1a294501f
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/fee80dd230e7fba132d03a34f1dd1d6aae0d0281
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-csharp/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
- https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9029857
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20241206-0008
- https://www.bouncycastle.org/latest_releases.html
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-29857.html
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.