ghsa-rvj9-8cvx-3vq9
Vulnerability from github
Published
2018-07-20 21:10
Modified
2023-09-06 23:38
Severity ?
5.9 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
Invalid Curve Attack in node-jose
Details

Affected versions of node-jose are vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.

Proof of Concept

Recommendation

Update to version 0.9.3 or later.

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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "npm",
        "name": "node-jose"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "0.9.3"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-16007"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-200"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:56:00Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "Affected versions of `node-jose` are vulnerable to an invalid curve attack. This allows an attacker to recover the private secret key when JWE with Key Agreement with Elliptic Curve Diffie-Hellman Ephemeral Static (ECDH-ES) is used.\n\n[Proof of Concept](https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae)\n\n\n## Recommendation\n\nUpdate to version 0.9.3 or later.",
  "id": "GHSA-rvj9-8cvx-3vq9",
  "modified": "2023-09-06T23:38:57Z",
  "published": "2018-07-20T21:10:14Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16007"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/cisco/node-jose/pull/88"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/cisco/node-jose/commit/f92cffb4a0398b4b1158be98423369233282e0af"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://gist.github.com/asanso/fa25685348051ef6a28d49aa0f27a4ae"
    },
    {
      "type": "PACKAGE",
      "url": "https://github.com/cisco/node-jose"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/cisco/node-jose/compare/0.9.2...0.9.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://blog.intothesymmetry.com/2017/03/critical-vulnerability-in-json-web.html"
    }
  ],
  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "Invalid Curve Attack in node-jose"
}


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