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CVE-2022-24884

HIGHCVSS 7.5/10EPSS 0.97%

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CVE-2022-24884 is a high-severity vulnerability rated 7.5/10 on the CVSS scale. ecdsautils is a tiny collection of programs used for ECDSA (keygen, sign, verify). `ecdsa_verify_[prepare_]legacy()` does not check whether the signature values `r` and `s` are non-zero. EPSS estimates a 0.97% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Description

ecdsautils is a tiny collection of programs used for ECDSA (keygen, sign, verify). `ecdsa_verify_[prepare_]legacy()` does not check whether the signature values `r` and `s` are non-zero. A signature consisting only of zeroes is always considered valid, making it trivial to forge signatures. Requiring multiple signatures from different public keys does not mitigate the issue: `ecdsa_verify_list_legacy()` will accept an arbitrary number of such forged signatures. Both the `ecdsautil verify` CLI command and the libecdsautil library are affected. The issue has been fixed in ecdsautils 0.4.1. All older versions of ecdsautils (including versions before the split into a library and a CLI utility) are vulnerable.

Metrics

CVSS 3.1
7.5/10

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS Probability
0.97%

57.5th percentile

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. Learn more

Weakness Enumeration

Affected Software

VendorProductVersions
Ecdsautils ProjectEcdsautils< 0.4.1
FedoraprojectFedora34
FedoraprojectFedora35
FedoraprojectFedora36
DebianDebian Linux9.0
DebianDebian Linux10.0
DebianDebian Linux11.0

References

Timeline

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Last Modified
Status
Modified

Frequently Asked Questions

What is CVE-2022-24884?
ecdsautils is a tiny collection of programs used for ECDSA (keygen, sign, verify). `ecdsa_verify_[prepare_]legacy()` does not check whether the signature values `r` and `s` are non-zero. A signature consisting only of zeroes is always considered valid, making it trivial to forge signatures. Requiring multiple signatures from different public keys does not mitigate the issue: `ecdsa_verify_list_legacy()` will accept an arbitrary number of such forged signatures. Both the `ecdsautil verify` CLI command and the libecdsautil library are affected. The issue has been fixed in ecdsautils 0.4.1. All older versions of ecdsautils (including versions before the split into a library and a CLI utility) are vulnerable.
How severe is CVE-2022-24884?
CVE-2022-24884 has a CVSS score of 7.5/10 (HIGH severity). The EPSS model estimates a 0.97% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.
How do I fix CVE-2022-24884?
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Source: NVD / NIST