ghsa-8j98-cjfr-qx3h
Vulnerability from github
Published
2023-12-05 23:30
Modified
2023-12-05 23:30
Severity ?
8.1 (High) - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Summary
github.com/ecies/go vulnerable to possible private key restoration
Details

Impact

If functions Encapsulate(), Decapsulate() and ECDH() could be called by an attacker, he could recover any private key that he interacts with.

Patches

Patched in v2.0.8

Workarounds

You could manually check public key by calling IsOnCurve() function from secp256k1 libraries.

References

https://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md

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  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Go",
        "name": "github.com/ecies/go/v2"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.0.8"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2023-49292"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2023-12-05T23:30:56Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2023-12-05T00:15:09Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "### Impact\nIf functions `Encapsulate()`, `Decapsulate()` and `ECDH()` could be called by an attacker, he could recover any private key that he interacts with.\n\n### Patches\nPatched in v2.0.8\n\n### Workarounds\nYou could manually check public key by calling `IsOnCurve()` function from secp256k1 libraries.\n\n### References\nhttps://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md\n",
  "id": "GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h",
  "modified": "2023-12-05T23:30:56Z",
  "published": "2023-12-05T23:30:56Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ecies/go/security/advisories/GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-49292"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ecies/go/commit/c6e775163866d6ea5233eb8ec8530a9122101ebd"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ashutosh1206/Crypton/blob/master/Diffie-Hellman-Key-Exchange/Attack-Invalid-Curve-Point/README.md"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/ecies/go"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/ecies/go/releases/tag/v2.0.8"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "github.com/ecies/go vulnerable to possible private key restoration"
}


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