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Timing Attack Affecting eth-keyfile package, versions [,0.6.0)

Severity

0.0
low
0
10

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-PYTHON-ETHKEYFILE-2391482
  • published 2 Feb 2022
  • disclosed 2 Feb 2022
  • credit pipermerriam
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Introduced: 2 Feb 2022

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-208 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade eth-keyfile to version 0.6.0 or higher.

Overview

eth-keyfile is an A library for handling the encrypted keyfiles used to store ethereum private keys.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Timing Attack. When checking mac while decoding a keyfile, a non-constant time compare function is used.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Snyk

3.7 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None