Weak Encoding for Password Affecting github.com/cloudflare/circl/pke/kyber/internal/common package, versions <1.3.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-GOLANG-GITHUBCOMCLOUDFLARECIRCLPKEKYBERINTERNALCOMMON-6150686
  • published12 Jan 2024
  • disclosed8 Jan 2024
  • creditbwesterb

Introduced: 8 Jan 2024

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-261  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade github.com/cloudflare/circl/pke/kyber/internal/common to version 1.3.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Weak Encoding for Password due to division by q leaking information on the ciphertext by its timing. If a key pair is reused and an attacker has access to a decapsulation oracle, this reveals information on the private key.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1