CVE-2024-42475 (GCVE-0-2024-42475)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2024-08-15 18:40 – Updated: 2024-08-19 19:23
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Title
OAuth library for nim allows insecure generation of state values by generateState - entropy too low and uses regular PRNG instead of CSPRNG
Summary
In the OAuth library for nim prior to version 0.11, the `state` values generated by the `generateState` function do not have sufficient entropy. These can be successfully guessed by an attacker allowing them to perform a CSRF vs a user, associating the user's session with the attacker's protected resources. While `state` isn't exactly a cryptographic value, it should be generated in a cryptographically secure way. `generateState` should be using a CSPRNG. Version 0.11 modifies the `generateState` function to generate `state` values of at least 128 bits of entropy while using a CSPRNG.
Severity
6.5 (Medium)
SSVC
Exploitation: none
Automatable: no
Technical Impact: partial
CISA Coordinator · CISA-ADP (v2.0.3)
Decision recorded 2024-08-19 19:19 UTC
Assigner
References
2 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://github.com/CORDEA/oauth/security/advisori… | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| https://github.com/CORDEA/oauth/blob/b8c163b0d9cf… | x_refsource_MISC |
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