Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy Affecting safe_pqc_kyber package, versions >=0.0.0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RUST-SAFEPQCKYBER-6143592
  • published4 Jan 2024
  • disclosed3 Jan 2024
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 3 Jan 2024

CVE NOT AVAILABLE CWE-208  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

A fix was pushed into the master branch but not yet published.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure Through Timing Discrepancy in the decapsulation process. An attacker with the ability to time decapsulation and forge ciphertexts could learn parts of the secret key.

Note: This doesn't apply to ephemeral usage, such as when used in the regular way in TLS.

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