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Wildfly-elytron possibly vulnerable to timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Jan 13, 2023 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Jan 25, 2023

Package

maven org.wildfly.security:wildfly-elytron (Maven)

Affected versions

< 1.15.15.Final
>= 1.16.0.CR1, < 1.20.3.Final

Patched versions

1.15.15.Final
1.20.3.Final

Description

wildfly-elytron: possible timing attacks via use of unsafe comparator. A flaw was found in Wildfly-elytron. Wildfly-elytron uses java.util.Arrays.equals in several places, which is unsafe and vulnerable to timing attacks. To compare values securely, use java.security.MessageDigest.isEqual instead. This flaw allows an attacker to access secure information or impersonate an authed user.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Jan 13, 2023
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Jan 13, 2023
Reviewed Jan 13, 2023
Last updated Jan 25, 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
None

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:N

EPSS score

0.152%
(52nd percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2022-3143

GHSA ID

GHSA-jmj6-p2j9-68cp

Source code

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