Fault Injection Affecting wolfssl/wolfssl package, versions [,5.7.0)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

CVSS assessment made by Snyk's Security Team

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.05% (21st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-WOLFSSLWOLFSSL-7853259
  • published 30 Aug 2024
  • disclosed 29 Aug 2024
  • credit Junkai Liang, Zhi Zhang, Xin Zhang, Qingni Shen

How to fix?

Upgrade wolfssl/wolfssl to version 5.7.0 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Fault Injection through the RsaPrivateDecryption function. An attacker can disclose sensitive information and escalate privileges by exploiting the Rowhammer fault injection technique to manipulate the RsaKey structure.

CVSS Scores

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version 3.1
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Snyk

Recommended
5.9 medium
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    High
  • Attack Requirements (AT)
    Present
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    Low
  • User Interaction (UI)
    Passive
  • Confidentiality (VC)
    High
  • Integrity (VI)
    Low
  • Availability (VA)
    Low
  • Confidentiality (SC)
    None
  • Integrity (SI)
    None
  • Availability (SA)
    None