5.3
MEDIUM CVSS 3.1
CVE-2023-33201
Bouncy Castle Java LDAP Injection
Description

Bouncy Castle For Java before 1.74 is affected by an LDAP injection vulnerability. The vulnerability only affects applications that use an LDAP CertStore from Bouncy Castle to validate X.509 certificates. During the certificate validation process, Bouncy Castle inserts the certificate's Subject Name into an LDAP search filter without any escaping, which leads to an LDAP injection vulnerability.

INFO

Published Date :

July 5, 2023, 3:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 8:05 a.m.

Remotely Exploit :

Yes !
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2023-33201 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Bouncycastle bc-java
2 Bouncycastle bouncy_castle_for_java
CVSS Scores
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Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 3.1 MEDIUM [email protected]
Solution
Multiple vendors are affected; update Bouncy Castle, then apply the latest vendor security updates.
  • Update affected Bouncy Castle packages.
  • Apply the latest vendor security updates.
  • Update RHEL Red Hat Single Sign-On packages.
  • Update RHEL Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform packages.
Public PoC/Exploit Available at Github

CVE-2023-33201 has a 1 public PoC/Exploit available at Github. Go to the Public Exploits tab to see the list.

CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2023-33201 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2023-33201 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

None

Updated: 1 year, 3 months ago
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Born at : Jan. 24, 2024, 4:31 p.m. This repo has been linked 83 different CVEs too.

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2023-33201 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2023-33201 vulnerability over time.

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bouncycastle.org
    Added Reference https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/e8c409a8389c815ea3fda5e8b94c92fdfe583bcc
    Added Reference https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33201
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00000.html
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0008/
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 24, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0008/ [No Types Assigned]
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Aug. 02, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00000.html [No Types Assigned]
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Jul. 10, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
    Changed Reference Type https://bouncycastle.org No Types Assigned https://bouncycastle.org Product
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/e8c409a8389c815ea3fda5e8b94c92fdfe583bcc No Types Assigned https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/e8c409a8389c815ea3fda5e8b94c92fdfe583bcc Patch
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33201 No Types Assigned https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33201 Vendor Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-295
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:bouncycastle:bc-java:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 1.74
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.3
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.29 }} 0.01%

score

0.51943

percentile