Timing Attack Affecting ibexa/core package, versions >=4.1.0, <4.1.4>=4.0.0, <4.0.7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PHP-IBEXACORE-2855303
  • published3 Jun 2022
  • disclosed2 Jun 2022
  • creditChristoph Rottermanner @ it.sec, Jonas Roller @ it.sec

Introduced: 2 Jun 2022

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade ibexa/core to version 4.1.4, 4.0.7 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack. Ibexa DXP is using random execution time to hinder timing attacks against user accounts, a method of discovering whether a given account exists in a system without knowing its password, thus affecting privacy. This implementation was found to not be good enough in some situations.

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