Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package axtls  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-AXTLS-599225
  • published19 Aug 2020
  • disclosed7 Nov 2018

Introduced: 7 Nov 2018

CVE-2018-16150  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Debian security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Debian:unstable.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream axtls package and not the axtls package as distributed by Debian.

In sig_verify() in x509.c in axTLS version 2.1.3 and before, the PKCS#1 v1.5 signature verification does not reject excess data after the hash value. Consequently, a remote attacker can forge signatures when small public exponents are being used, which could lead to impersonation through fake X.509 certificates. This is a variant of CVE-2006-4340.