WS-2019-0509 (Medium) detected in bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar

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WS-2019-0509 - Medium Severity Vulnerability

Vulnerable Library - bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar

The Bouncy Castle Crypto package is a Java implementation of cryptographic algorithms. This jar contains JCE provider and lightweight API for the Bouncy Castle Cryptography APIs for JDK 1.5 to JDK 1.8.

Library home page: http://www.bouncycastle.org/java.html

Path to dependency file: video-quickstart-android/quickstartKotlin/build.gradle

Path to vulnerable library: /home/wss-scanner/.gradle/caches/modules-2/files-2.1/org.bouncycastle/bcprov-jdk15on/1.56/a153c6f9744a3e9dd6feab5e210e1c9861362ec7/bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar

Dependency Hierarchy:

• lint-gradle-27.0.1.jar (Root Library)
  • builder-4.0.1.jar
    • ❌ bcprov-jdk15on-1.56.jar (Vulnerable Library)

Found in base branch: master

Vulnerability Details

Bouncy Castle through 1.68 is vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS). The Dump.class file utilizes the FileInputStream object when reading from user-provided files, but doesn't close these streams properly.

Publish Date: 2019-12-24

URL: WS-2019-0509

CVSS 3 Score Details (5.3)

Base Score Metrics:

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

For more information on CVSS3 Scores, click here.