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SCA: security update for org.bouncycastle:bcpkix-jdk18on, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk15on, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-ext-jdk16, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk14, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk16, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on (GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419982

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - 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.) (CVE-2023-33202)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wjxj-5m7g-mg7q

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419982

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-33202

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/23/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/23/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-33202

cwe: CWE-400