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GHSA-2WC6-2RCJ-8V76

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2021-08-25 21:00 – Updated: 2023-06-13 20:56

Summary

scalarmult() vulnerable to degenerate public keys

Details

The scalarmult() function included in previous versions of this crate accepted all-zero public keys, for which the resulting Diffie-Hellman shared secret will always be zero regardless of the private key used.

This issue was fixed by checking for this class of keys and rejecting them if they are used.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                  
                    CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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        "name": "sodiumoxide"
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            {
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    }
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    "github_reviewed_at": "2021-08-05T21:10:47Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
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  "id": "GHSA-2wc6-2rcj-8v76",
  "modified": "2023-06-13T20:56:05Z",
  "published": "2021-08-25T21:00:41Z",
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    },
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      "type": "WEB",
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    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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    },
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      "url": "https://github.com/sodiumoxide/sodiumoxide"
    },
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    }
  ],
  "summary": "scalarmult() vulnerable to degenerate public keys"
}

CVE-2017-1000168 (GCVE-0-2017-1000168)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2017-11-17 18:00 – Updated: 2024-09-16 23:31

Summary

sodiumoxide 0.0.13 and older scalarmult() vulnerable to degenerate public keys

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Assigner

mitre CNA under the mitre root

CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2340 records in the last 180 days details

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://github.com/dnaq/sodiumoxide/issues/154	x_refsource_CONFIRM

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RUSTSEC-2017-0001 (CVE-2017-1000168)

Vulnerability from osv_rustsec – Published: 2017-01-26 12:00 – Updated: 2023-06-13 13:10 – Source website

Summary

scalarmult() vulnerable to degenerate public keys

Details

The scalarmult() function included in previous versions of this crate accepted all-zero public keys, for which the resulting Diffie-Hellman shared secret will always be zero regardless of the private key used.

This issue was fixed by checking for this class of keys and rejecting them if they are used.

Severity

6.5 (Medium)


                    
                      CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

References

URL

Type

	https://crates.io/crates/sodiumoxide	PACKAGE
	https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2017-0001.html	ADVISORY
	https://github.com/dnaq/sodiumoxide/issues/154	REPORT

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        "informational": null
      },
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "affected_functions": null,
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      },
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      "url": "https://crates.io/crates/sodiumoxide"
    },
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      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2017-0001.html"
    },
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    }
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}

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