Inadequate Encryption Strength Affecting chiavdf package, versions [,1.0)


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Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-PYTHON-CHIAVDF-1090203
  • published1 Apr 2021
  • disclosed1 Apr 2021
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 1 Apr 2021

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-326  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade chiavdf to version 1.0 or higher.

Overview

chiavdf is a Chia vdf verification (wraps C++)

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Inadequate Encryption Strength. Grinding attacks could be possible where some non-canonical encodings of a compressed form could be used to change its hash and thus the next challenges derived from it.

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version 3.1