CVE-2024-30171 (Medium) detected in bouncycastle.cryptography.2.3.0.nupkg

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CVE-2024-30171 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - bouncycastle.cryptography.2.3.0.nupkg

BouncyCastle.NET is a popular cryptography library for .NET

Library home page: https://api.nuget.org/packages/bouncycastle.cryptography.2.3.0.nupkg

Path to dependency file: /src/Server/BlazorBoilerplate.Server/BlazorBoilerplate.Server.csproj

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.nuget/packages/bouncycastle.cryptography/2.3.0/bouncycastle.cryptography.2.3.0.nupkg

Dependency Hierarchy:

• mailkit.4.4.0.nupkg (Root Library)
  • mimekit.4.4.0.nupkg
    • ❌ bouncycastle.cryptography.2.3.0.nupkg (Vulnerable Library)

Found in HEAD commit: 50e6082605bee27209d9c1a08f59753707d3552b

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java TLS API and JSSE Provider before 1.78. Timing-based leakage may occur in RSA based handshakes because of exception processing.

Publish Date: 2024-05-14

URL: CVE-2024-30171

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.

Suggested Fix

Type: Upgrade version

Origin: GHSA-v435-xc8x-wvr9

Release Date: 2024-05-14

Fix Resolution: org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk15to18:1.78, org.bouncycastle:bcprov-jdk18on:1.78, BouncyCastle.Cryptography - 2.3.1

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