Cryptographic Issues Affecting libp2p-core package, versions >=0.30.0-rc.1 <0.30.2
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-RUST-LIBP2PCORE-2929004
- published 17 Jun 2022
- disclosed 17 Jun 2022
- credit Unknown
How to fix?
Upgrade libp2p-core
to version 0.30.2 or higher.
Overview
libp2p-core is a rust implementation of libp2p networking stack.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues due to a failure to verify the public key of a SignedEnvelope
against the PeerId
in a PeerRecord
, it leads to any combination being considered valid.
Exploiting this vulnerability makes it possible for an attacker to republish an existing PeerRecord
with a different PeerId
.
References
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