UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33201

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2023-33201

    Published: 5 Jul 2023Last Modified: 19 Mar 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2023-33201
    Aliases:
    USN-8108-1

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-33201, https://github.com/bcgit/bc-java/wiki/CVE-2023-33201, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-33201, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8108-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: bouncycastle

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.51-4ubuntu1+esm1

    Affected versions

    1.49+dfsg-3ubuntu1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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