ubuntu-cve-2024-25714
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2024-02-11 03:15
Modified
2026-04-22 07:48
Summary
Details

In Rhonabwy through 1.1.13, HMAC signature verification uses a strcmp function that is vulnerable to side-channel attacks, because it stops the comparison when the first difference is spotted in the two signatures. (The fix uses gnutls_memcmp, which has constant-time execution.)

Severity
9.1 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "librhonabwy1.1",
            "binary_version": "1.1.2-1"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rnbyc",
            "binary_version": "1.1.2-1"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:22.04:LTS",
        "name": "rhonabwy",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rhonabwy@1.1.2-1?arch=source\u0026distro=jammy"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "0.9.13-4",
        "1.1.2-1"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "librhonabwy1.1t64",
            "binary_version": "1.1.13-2.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rnbyc",
            "binary_version": "1.1.13-2.1build3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:24.04:LTS",
        "name": "rhonabwy",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rhonabwy@1.1.13-2.1build3?arch=source\u0026distro=noble"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1.11-1",
        "1.1.12-1",
        "1.1.13-1",
        "1.1.13-2",
        "1.1.13-2.1build2",
        "1.1.13-2.1build3"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "librhonabwy1.1t64",
            "binary_version": "1.1.13-2.1build3"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "rnbyc",
            "binary_version": "1.1.13-2.1build3"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:25.10",
        "name": "rhonabwy",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/rhonabwy@1.1.13-2.1build3?arch=source\u0026distro=questing"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
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            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": [
        "1.1.13-2.1build3"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "In Rhonabwy through 1.1.13, HMAC signature verification uses a strcmp function that is vulnerable to side-channel attacks, because it stops the comparison when the first difference is spotted in the two signatures. (The fix uses gnutls_memcmp, which has constant-time execution.)",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2024-25714",
  "modified": "2026-04-22T07:48:01Z",
  "published": "2024-02-11T03:15:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-25714"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-25714"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    },
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2024-25714"
  ]
}



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