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GHSA-8579-7P32-F398

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-01-03 16:13 – Updated: 2024-11-18 16:26

Summary

CubeFS timing attack can leak user passwords

Details

A vulnerability was found during in the CubeFS master component that could allow an untrusted attacker to steal user passwords by carrying out a timing attack. The root case of the vulnerability was that CubeFS used raw string comparison of passwords.

The vulnerable part of CubeFS was the UserService of the master component. The UserService gets instantiated when starting the server of the master component.

CubeFS has not seen any evidence of this being exploited in the wild. The vulnerability was found during a security audit conducted by Ada Logics in collaboration with OSTIF and the CNCF.

The issue has been patched in v3.3.1. For impacted users, there is no other way to mitigate the issue besides upgrading.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

8.2 (High)


                  
                    CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:L

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  "id": "GHSA-8579-7p32-f398",
  "modified": "2024-11-18T16:26:34Z",
  "published": "2024-01-03T16:13:52Z",
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CVE-2023-46739 (GCVE-0-2023-46739)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-01-03 16:15 – Updated: 2025-06-17 20:29

Title

Timing attack can leak user passwords

Summary

CubeFS is an open-source cloud-native file storage system. A vulnerability was found during in the CubeFS master component in versions prior to 3.3.1 that could allow an untrusted attacker to steal user passwords by carrying out a timing attack. The root case of the vulnerability was that CubeFS used raw string comparison of passwords. The vulnerable part of CubeFS was the UserService of the master component. The UserService gets instantiated when starting the server of the master component. The issue has been patched in v3.3.1. For impacted users, there is no other way to mitigate the issue besides upgrading.

Severity ?

6.5 (Medium)


                        
                          CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L

CWE

CWE-203 - Observable Discrepancy

Assigner

GitHub_M

References

URL

Tags

	https://github.com/cubefs/cubefs/security/advisor…	x_refsource_CONFIRM
	https://github.com/cubefs/cubefs/commit/6a0d5fa45…	x_refsource_MISC

Impacted products

	Vendor	Product	Version
	cubefs	cubefs	Affected: < 3.3.1

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Sightings

Author	Source	Type	Date	Other

Nomenclature

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Confirmed: The vulnerability has been validated from an analyst's perspective.
Published Proof of Concept: A public proof of concept is available for this vulnerability.
Exploited: The vulnerability was observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Patched: The vulnerability was observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.
Not exploited: The vulnerability was not observed as exploited by the user who reported the sighting.
Not confirmed: The user expressed doubt about the validity of the vulnerability.
Not patched: The vulnerability was not observed as successfully patched by the user who reported the sighting.

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GHSA-8579-7P32-F398

CVE-2023-46739 (GCVE-0-2023-46739)

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