CVE-2024-30171 (Medium) detected in bcprov-jdk15on-1.69.jar

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CVE-2024-30171 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - bcprov-jdk15on-1.69.jar

The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms. This jar contains JCE provider and lightweight API for the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for JDK 1.5 and up.

Library home page: https://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html

Path to dependency file: /pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /pom.xml

Dependency Hierarchy:

• spring-cloud-starter-bootstrap-3.1.5.jar (Root Library)
  • spring-cloud-starter-3.1.5.jar
    • spring-security-rsa-1.0.11.RELEASE.jar
      • bcpkix-jdk15on-1.69.jar
        • ❌ bcprov-jdk15on-1.69.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: eefd5868376ca8987ffdd8cb314e709ef38f81a1

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java TLS API and JSSE Provider before 1.78. Timing-based leakage may occur in RSA based handshakes because of exception processing.

Publish Date: 2024-05-09

URL: CVE-2024-30171

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.9)

Base Score Metrics:

• Exploitability Metrics:
  • Attack Vector: Network
  • Attack Complexity: High
  • Privileges Required: None
  • User Interaction: None
  • Scope: Unchanged
• Impact Metrics:
  • Confidentiality Impact: High
  • Integrity Impact: None
  • Availability Impact: None

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-v435-xc8x-wvr9

Release Date: 2024-05-09

Fix Resolution: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18:1.78, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:1.78, BouncyCastle.Cryptography - 2.3.1

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