Vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-Java
CVE-2018-1000613
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.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 9.8 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.048 (91.9th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 92nd percentile — 91.9% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.048 · newest: 0.048 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Bouncycastle Bc-Java
- NetApp Oncommand Workflow Automation
- Oracle API Gateway — versions 11.1.2.4.0
- Oracle Banking Platform — versions 2.6.0, 2.6.1, 2.6.2
- Oracle Business Process Management Suite — versions 11.1.1.9.0, 12.1.3.0.0, 12.2.1.3.0
- Oracle Business Transaction Management — versions 12.1.0
- Oracle Communications Application Session Controller — versions 3.7.1, 3.8.0
- Oracle Communications Converged Application Server — versions 7.0.0.1
- Oracle Communications Convergence — versions 3.0.2
- Oracle Communications Diameter Signaling Router — versions 8.0.0, 8.1, 8.2
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-05/msg00011.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2020.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujan2019-5072801.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuapr2019-5072813.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpujul2019-5072835.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf1bbc0ea4a9f014cf94df9a12a6477d24a27f52741dbc87f2… (mailing-list, Mailing List)
- www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2020.html (Patch, Third Party Advisory)
- security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20190204-0003/ (Third Party Advisory)
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/4092ede58da51af9a21e4825fbad0d9a3ef5a223 (Patch)
- github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/cd98322b171b15b3f88c5ec871175147893c31e6 (Patch)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2018-1000613?
- CVE-2018-1000613 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Bouncycastle Bc-Java, classified under Use of Externally-Controlled Input to Select Classes or Code (Unsafe Reflection). CVSS score: 9.8/10. Published 2018-07-09.
- How severe is CVE-2018-1000613?
- Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.8 out of 10.
- Is CVE-2018-1000613 known to be exploited?
- 13 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.