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

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.2% (59th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-RUST-RUSSH-3363251
  • published 17 Mar 2023
  • disclosed 17 Mar 2023
  • credit Holzhaus, lambdafu

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

version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    High
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None
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NVD

5.9 medium