CVE-2021-3798 (GCVE-0-2021-3798)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2022-08-23 15:48 – Updated: 2024-08-03 17:09
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
A flaw was found in openCryptoki. The openCryptoki Soft token does not check if an EC key is valid when an EC key is created via C_CreateObject, nor when C_DeriveKey is used with ECDH public data. This may allow a malicious user to extract the private key by performing an invalid curve attack.
Severity
5.5 (Medium)
CWE
- CWE-200 - - Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor
Assigner
References
4 references
| URL | Tags |
|---|---|
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1990591 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2021-3798 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/pull/402 | x_refsource_MISC |
| https://github.com/opencryptoki/opencryptoki/comm… | x_refsource_MISC |
Impacted products
1 product
| Vendor | Product | Version | CPE status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| n/a | opencryptoki |
Affected:
Fixed in v3.17.0
|
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