Upstream information

CVE-2025-8916 at MITRE

Description

Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Legion of the Bouncy Castle Inc. Bouncy Castle for Java bcpkix, bcprov, bcpkix-fips on All (API modules) allows Excessive Allocation. This vulnerability is associated with program files https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertP... https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/pkix/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/pkix/jcajce/PKIXCertPathReviewer.java , https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathRevi... https://github.Com/bcgit/bc-java/blob/main/prov/src/main/java/org/bouncycastle/x509/PKIXCertPathReviewer.java .

This issue affects Bouncy Castle for Java: from BC 1.44 through 1.78, from BCPKIX FIPS 1.0.0 through 1.0.7, from BCPKIX FIPS 2.0.0 through 2.0.7.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v3 Scores
  SUSE
Base Score 5.3
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Low
CVSSv3 Version 3.1
CVSS v4 Scores
  CNA (91579145-5d7b-4cc5-b925-a0262ff19630)
Base Score 6.3
Vector CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:X/CR:X/IR:X/AR:X/MAV:X/MAC:X/MAT:X/MPR:X/MUI:X/MVC:X/MVI:X/MVA:X/MSC:X/MSI:X/MSA:X/S:P/AU:X/R:U/V:X/RE:M/U:Amber
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Attack Requirements Present
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Vulnerable System Confidentiality Impact None
Vulnerable System Integrity Impact None
Vulnerable System Availability Impact Low
Subsequent System Confidentiality Impact None
Subsequent System Integrity Impact None
Subsequent System Availability Impact None
CVSSv4 Version 4.0
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1247997 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products under general support and receiving all security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP6 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP7 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP6 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP7 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP6 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP7 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP6 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP7 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP6 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP7 bouncycastle Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.6 bouncycastle Not affected
Products under Long Term Service Pack support and receiving important and critical security fixes.
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-ESPOS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP3-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-ESPOS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP5-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP4 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP5 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP4-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP5-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.3 bouncycastle Not affected
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Enterprise Storage 7.1 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP4 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 15 SP5 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-ESPOS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP2-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise High Performance Computing 15 SP4-ESPOS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Development Tools 15 SP2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Real Time 15 SP4 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-BCL bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP2-LTSS bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 15 SP3-BCL bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP3 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP4 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 15 SP5 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.1 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Proxy 4.2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.1 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Retail Branch Server 4.2 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.1 bouncycastle Not affected
SUSE Manager Server 4.2 bouncycastle Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.3 bouncycastle Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.4 bouncycastle Not affected
openSUSE Leap 15.5 bouncycastle Not affected
Container Status
containers/apache-pulsar:3.3 bouncycastleNot affected


SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Wed Aug 13 12:32:08 2025
CVE page last modified: Mon Aug 25 14:09:41 2025