| Name | CVE-2024-30172 |
| Description | An issue was discovered in Bouncy Castle Java Cryptography APIs before 1.78. An Ed25519 verification code infinite loop can occur via a crafted signature and public key. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 1070655 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| bouncycastle (PTS) | bullseye | 1.68-2 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.72-2 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.77-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| bouncycastle | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | | | 1070655 |
Notes
[bookworm] - bouncycastle <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[bullseye] - bouncycastle <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
[buster] - bouncycastle <postponed> (Minor issue)
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/issues/1599
Fixed by: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/9c165791b68a204678b48ec11e4e579754c2ea49 (r1rv78v1)
Addional hardening: https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/ebe1c75579170072dc59b8dee2b55ce31663178f (r1rv78v1)
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE%E2%80%902024%E2%80%9030172