CVE-2018-1000613
Published: 9 July 2018
Legion of the Bouncy Castle Legion of the Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs 1.58 up to but not including 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.
Notes
Author | Note |
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debian | (XMSS/XMSS^MT algorithms were first introduced in BC >= 1.57) |
Priority
Status
Package | Release | Status |
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bouncycastle Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian |
artful |
Ignored
(end of life)
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bionic |
Needed
|
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cosmic |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
|
disco |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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eoan |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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focal |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
|
trusty |
Does not exist
(trusty was not-affected [1.49+dfsg-2])
|
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upstream |
Released
(1.60-1)
|
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xenial |
Not vulnerable
(1.51-4ubuntu1)
|
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groovy |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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hirsute |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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impish |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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jammy |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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kinetic |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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lunar |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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mantic |
Not vulnerable
(1.60-1)
|
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Patches: other: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223#diff-2c06e2edef41db889ee14899e12bd574 other: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6#diff-148a6c098af0199192d6aede960f45dc |
Severity score breakdown
Parameter | Value |
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Base score | 9.8 |
Attack vector | Network |
Attack complexity | Low |
Privileges required | None |
User interaction | None |
Scope | Unchanged |
Confidentiality | High |
Integrity impact | High |
Availability impact | High |
Vector | CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H |