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. (For users of the FIPS Java API: BC-FJA 1.0.2.3 and earlier are affected; BC-FJA 1.0.2.4 is fixed.)
| Package (Ecosystem) | Introduced | Fixed | Limit |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk16(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15on(Maven) | 0 | N/A | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15on(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
| org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on(Maven) | 0 | 1.73 | N/A |
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