CVE-2021-3798 (GCVE-0-2021-3798)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 15:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
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Summary
A flaw was found in openCryptoki. The openCryptoki Soft token does not check if an EC key is valid when an EC key is created via C_CreateObject, nor when C_DeriveKey is used with ECDH public data. This may allow a malicious user to extract the private key by performing an invalid curve attack.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
CWE
  • CWE-200 - - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version CPE status
n/a opencryptoki Affected: Fixed in v3.17.0
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