Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in browserify-sign - CVE-2023-46234

 

Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature in browserify-sign - CVE-2023-46234

Published: October 31, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU82608
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-46234
CWE-ID: CWE-347
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: browserify
Affected software:
browserify-sign

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform spoofing attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an error in the dsaVerify() function when validating public keys. A remote attacker can construct a public key in a way that it will be accepted as valid by the affected application and perform spoofing attack.


How to mitigate CVE-2023-46234

Install updates from vendor's website.

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