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github.com/ecies/go vulnerable to possible private key restoration

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Dec 4, 2023 in ecies/go • Updated Dec 5, 2023

Package

gomod github.com/ecies/go/v2 (Go)

Affected versions

< 2.0.8

Patched versions

2.0.8

Description

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

References

@savely-krasovsky savely-krasovsky published to ecies/go Dec 4, 2023
Published by the National Vulnerability Database Dec 5, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Dec 5, 2023
Reviewed Dec 5, 2023
Last updated Dec 5, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
High
Availability
High

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

EPSS score

0.059%
(27th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2023-49292

GHSA ID

GHSA-8j98-cjfr-qx3h

Source code

Credits

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