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.
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CWE
  • CWE-200 - - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
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Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
n/a opencryptoki Affected: Fixed in v3.17.0
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