Cryptographic Issues Affecting russh package, versions >=0.34.0 <0.36.2>=0.37.0 <0.37.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.18% (56th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-RUSSH-3363251
  • published17 Mar 2023
  • disclosed17 Mar 2023
  • creditHolzhaus, lambdafu

Introduced: 17 Mar 2023

CVE-2023-28113  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-310  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade russh to version 0.36.2, 0.37.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Cryptographic Issues such that the Diffie-Hellman key validation is insufficient, which can lead to insecure shared secrets and therefore breaks confidentiality.

CVSS Scores

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