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CVE-2023-33202

Bouncy Castle Denial of Service (DoS)

Description

Bouncy Castle for Java before 1.73 contains a potential Denial of Service (DoS) issue within the Bouncy Castle org.bouncycastle.openssl.PEMParser class. This class parses OpenSSL PEM encoded streams containing X.509 certificates, PKCS8 encoded keys, and PKCS7 objects. Parsing a file that has crafted ASN.1 data through the PEMParser causes an OutOfMemoryError, which can enable a denial of service attack.

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Score
Severity
Ecosystem
Java
Publish Date
November 23, 2023
Modified Date
October 22, 2024
Score Vector
Affected Versions