CVE-2023-33201

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.

Category

5.3
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 0.28%
Vendor Advisory github.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bouncycastle.org product
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/commit/e8c409a8389c815ea3fda5e8b94c92fdfe583bcc patch
https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33201 vendor advisory
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2023/08/msg00000.html mailing list
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230824-0008/

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-33201?
CVE-2023-33201 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-33201?
To fix CVE-2023-33201, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2023-33201 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2023-33201 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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