ghsa-pfv2-37f7-9m6w
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:30
Modified
2022-07-01 20:20
Severity ?
7.5 (High) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Nimbus JOSE+JWT
Details

Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Maven",
        "name": "com.nimbusds:nimbus-jose-jwt"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "4.36"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-12974"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-347"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-07-01T20:20:30Z",
    "nvd_published_at": "2017-08-20T16:29:00Z",
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "Nimbus JOSE+JWT before 4.36 proceeds with ECKey construction without ensuring that the public x and y coordinates are on the specified curve, which allows attackers to conduct an Invalid Curve Attack in environments where the JCE provider lacks the applicable curve validation.",
  "id": "GHSA-pfv2-37f7-9m6w",
  "modified": "2022-07-01T20:20:30Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:30:32Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12974"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/commits/f3a7a801f0c6b078899fed9226368eb7b44e2b2f"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/issues/217/explicit-check-for-ec-public-key-on-curve"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://bitbucket.org/connect2id/nimbus-jose-jwt/src/master/CHANGELOG.txt"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/felx/nimbus-jose-jwt"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/9317fd092b257a0815434b116a8af8daea6e920b6673f4fd5583d5fe@%3Ccommits.druid.apache.org%3E"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in Nimbus JOSE+JWT"
}


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