CVE-2019-17359 (High) detected in bcprov-jdk15on-1.59.jar

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CVE-2019-17359 - High Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - bcprov-jdk15on-1.59.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 to JDK 1.8.

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

Path to dependency file: mall/mall-manager-impl/pom.xml

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.m2/repository/org/bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.59/bcprov-jdk15on-1.59.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• pay-java-ali-2.13.3.jar (Root Library)
  • ❌ bcprov-jdk15on-1.59.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 19e9fe9976e3a2c7781968939b2b4a53328855cf

Vulnerability Details

The ASN.1 parser in Bouncy Castle Crypto (aka BC Java) 1.63 can trigger a large attempted memory allocation, and resultant OutOfMemoryError error, via crafted ASN.1 data. This is fixed in 1.64.

Publish Date: 2019-10-08

URL: CVE-2019-17359

CVSS 3 Score Details (7.5)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2019-17359

Release Date: 2019-10-08

Fix Resolution: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on:1.64