Use of a Broken or Risky Cryptographic Algorithm The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package cryptojs  (opens in a new tab)


Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.64% (46th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-CRYPTOJS-6038104
  • published28 Oct 2023
  • disclosed25 Oct 2023

Introduced: 25 Oct 2023

CVE-2023-46233  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-327  (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 cryptojs package and not the cryptojs package as distributed by Debian.

crypto-js is a JavaScript library of crypto standards. Prior to version 4.2.0, crypto-js PBKDF2 is 1,000 times weaker than originally specified in 1993, and at least 1,300,000 times weaker than current industry standard. This is because it both defaults to SHA1, a cryptographic hash algorithm considered insecure since at least 2005, and defaults to one single iteration, a 'strength' or 'difficulty' value specified at 1,000 when specified in 1993. PBKDF2 relies on iteration count as a countermeasure to preimage and collision attacks. If used to protect passwords, the impact is high. If used to generate signatures, the impact is high. Version 4.2.0 contains a patch for this issue. As a workaround, configure crypto-js to use SHA256 with at least 250,000 iterations.