# CVE-2020-7226: CiphertextHeader.java in Cryptacular 1.2.3, as used in Apereo CAS and other products, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory allocatio

- Also known as: GHSA-X64G-4XX9-FH6X
- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Fixed in: 1.1.4, 1.2.4
- Published: 2020-01-24 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported
- org.cryptacular:cryptacular (Maven): fixed in 1.1.4
- org.cryptacular:cryptacular (Maven): from 1.2.0, fixed in 1.2.4

## Description

CiphertextHeader.java in Cryptacular 1.2.3, as used in Apereo CAS and other products, allows attackers to trigger excessive memory allocation during a decode operation, because the nonce array length associated with "new byte" may depend on untrusted input within the header of encoded data.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on n/a, org.cryptacular:cryptacular, upgrade to a fixed version (1.1.4, 1.2.4) per the references below.
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## References

- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc36b75cabb4d700b48035d15ad8b8c2712bb32123572a1bdaec2510a%40%3Cdev.ws.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re04e4f8f0d095387fb6b0ff9016a0af8c93f42e1de93b09298bfa547%40%3Ccommits.ws.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rfa4647c58e375996e62a9094bffff6dc350ec311ba955b430e738945%40%3Cdev.ws.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r380781f5b489cb3c818536cd3b3757e806bfe0bca188591e0051ac03%40%3Ccommits.ws.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re7f46c4cc29a4616e0aa669c84a0eb34832e83a8eef05189e2e59b44%40%3Cdev.ws.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r209de85beae4d257d27fc577e3a3e97039bdb4c2dc6f4a8e5a5a5811%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r0847c7eb78c8f9e87d5b841fbd5da52b2ad4b4345e04b51c30621d88%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r2237a27040b57adc2fcc5570bd530ad2038e67fcb2a3ce65283d3143%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r77c48cd851f60833df9a9c9c31f12243508e15d1b2a0961066d44fc6%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r4a62133ad01d5f963755021027a4cce23f76b8674a13860d2978c7c8%40%3Ccommits.tomee.apache.org%3E
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuoct2021.html
- https://github.com/vt-middleware/cryptacular/blob/master/src/main/java/org/cryptacular/CiphertextHeader.java#L153
- https://github.com/vt-middleware/cryptacular/issues/52
- https://github.com/vt-middleware/cryptacular/blob/fafccd07ab1214e3588a35afe3c361519129605f/src/main/java/org/cryptacular/CiphertextHeader.java#L153
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://github.com/apereo/cas/pull/4685
- https://github.com/apereo/cas/commit/8810f2b6c71d73341d4dde6b09a18eb46cfd6d45
- https://github.com/apereo/cas/commit/93b1c3e9d90e36a19d0fa0f6efb863c6f0235e75
- https://github.com/apereo/cas/commit/a042808d6adbbf44753d52c55cac5f533e24101f

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