CVE-2024-29857

An issue was discovered in ECCurve.java and ECCurve.cs in Bouncy Castle Java (BC Java) before 1.78, BC Java LTS before 2.73.6, BC-FJA before 1.0.2.5, and BC C# .Net before 2.3.1. Importing an EC certificate with crafted F2m parameters can lead to excessive CPU consumption during the evaluation of the curve parameters.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / bouncycastle

Package

Name: bouncycastle
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.68-2

1.68-3

1.68-4

1.68-5

1.69-1

1.71-1

1.72-1

1.72-2

1.77-1

1.80-1

1.80-2

1.80-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / bouncycastle

Package

Name: bouncycastle
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

1.*

1.72-2

1.77-1

1.80-1

1.80-2

1.80-3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / bouncycastle

Package

Name: bouncycastle
Purl: pkg:deb/debian/bouncycastle?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

1.80-1

Affected versions

1.*

1.72-2

1.77-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}